1/11/2012 labs

CBC

 WBC: 2.4* thou/uL (3.9-10.7)

    Hemoglobin Blood: 11.9 g/dL (11.8-16.0)

    PCV BLOOD: 37 % (36-43)

    PLATELET COUNT: 55* thou/uL (135-371)

    Red Blood Cells: 3.97* mil/uL (4.00-5.50)

    MCV: 93 fL (81-98)

    MCH: 30.0 pg (27.0-32.0)   

Mean Corpuscle Hemoglobin Concentration: 32.3 g/dL (31.0-35.0)

    Red Blood Cells Width Distribution: 15.5* % (11.1-14.3)

DIFFERENTIAL

 NT AUTOMATED ABS: 1.15* thou/uL (1.40-7.70)

    NEUTROPHILS %: 48.4 % (35.0-75.0)

    LYMPHS %: 37.0 % (15.0-49.0)

    MONOCYTES %: 10.9 % (3.5-12.0)

    BASOPHILS %: 0.4 % (0.1-1.5)

    NEUT (ABS): 1.15* thou/uL (1.60-8.10)

    LYMPHS (ABS): 0.88* thou/uL (1.10-3.50)

    MONO (ABS): 0.26* thou/uL (0.30-1.10)

    BASO (ABS): 0.01 thou/uL (0.01-0.08)

    NUCLEATED RBC: 1 /100_WBC

NUCLEATED RBC#: 0.03 thou/mL

COAGULATION

  

PATIENT (PT): 18.7* sec (11.8-14.5)

    INR: 1.6

BASIC METABOLIC PANEL

Sodium Blood: 143 mEq/L (135-145)

    Potassium Blood: 3.3 mEq/L (3.3-4.8)

    Chloride Blood: 111* mEq/L (95-105)

    Carbon Dioxide Blood: 24 mmol/L (23-30)

    Urea Nitrogen Blood: 4* mg/dL (5-25)

    Creatinine Blood: 0.66* mg/dL (0.70-1.50)

    eGFR: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2   

eGFRAA: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2

    Glucose Blood: 63* mg/dL (70-110)

Calcium Blood: 8.6 mg/dL (8.5-10.5)

    AN-GAP: 8

COMPLETE METABOLIC PANEL

  

PROTEIN TOTAL BLOOD: 7.1 g/dL (6.1-8.4)

    ALBUMIN BLOOD: 3.1* g/dL (3.5-5.0)

    BILIRUBIN TOTAL BLOOD: 2.2* mg/dL (0.2-1.2)

    ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLD: 94 U/L (40-110)

    AST: 44* U/L (4-40)

    ALT: 24 U/L (4-40)

CURRENT MELD SCORE - 15 

Last blood draw my MELD score was at 13. I received a phone call today from the clinic, with the instructions to keep tapering my prednisone. I am to lower it from 17.5mg daily, to 15mg daily. From the looks of it, my Potassium is still low. As of right now, I'm on 20 meq daily.

I missed the phone call today, so they left me a voicemail with these instructions, and for me to call back or E-mail them to let them know i had received the call and got the orders. Also to confirm that I'm still taking the Potassium Chloride. hopefully they will not up my dose, much start making me drink that horrid liquid Potassium.

until then, ill post back again on the 25th.