It's pins and needles time...we're waiting for Alyssa's labs to come back this morning to see where her platelet count is. It appears that we may have celebrated prematurely her no longer needing to receive plasmapheresis treatments. Her platelets count unexpectedly dropped down to 135 on Thursday. If they continue that downward trend today, Alyssa will to need receive plasmapheresis treatments next Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If they are really low today, she might require a treatment this afternoon. This was news that she didn't want to hear.
What could cause this sudden drop? High BP is a prime suspect and she certainly has had a bad week on the BP roller coaster. It could also be caused by the HUS, but we'll leave that one on the back shelf for now.
What this might result in is a need to postpone her peritoneal surgery on Wednesday. Platelets are critical to the clotting process and obviously, no one wants to go into a surgical procedure worried about clotting issues.
So we sit and wait...and hope for the best.
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