Wierd results

We've just been up the hospital again (Thursday afternoon) because Catherine's blood results today were a bit odd - her haemoglobin is supposedly just 7.5 after a blood transfusion on Tuesday! I was genuinely shocked when they said this was her result, as it was expected to be about 9 at the lowest. Her neutrophils are down as expected, and her White Blood Count is lower than it has ever been. Cytarabine is clearly a tough cookie of a chemo drug.

This haemoglobin result s very odd, and the oncology nurse said it was very unlikely to have fallen so quickly since Tuesday, so they want another blood test to see if the original was incorrect. We may need to go back later for a blood transfusion if her bloods really have fallen so quickly, either this evening or tomorrow morning.

Mark's not been feeling well today either, so these results were not good timing. Catherine is ok in herself, apart from headaches which could be caused from the Cytabarine, and she is a bit tired and miserable about having to go back to hospital when it was so unexpected.