in a weeks times.....

my labs have went haywire! my MELD score has jumped a whole entire 4 points in just 7 days...yeah you heard me right, 7 DAYS!!! my MELD score is now at 18. Oh yeah, my EGD came back normal, and Dr. Perri informed us that I have been doing and Excellent job on making all the appointments and blood work appointments on time, and that he is going to talk to the transplant committee and have them get me put back on the list. Plus were getting closer to reaching the minimum MELD score number to have the transplant. which that number is the low 20's. Here is another view of my labs, the first one is of Fridays blood work, and the second one is the Friday before thats levels.

CBC

 WBC: 1.2* thou/uL (3.9-10.7)   

Hemoglobin Blood: 9.4* g/dL (11.8-16.0)   

PCV BLOOD: 29* % (36-43)

    PLATELET COUNT: 39* thou/uL (135-371)   

Red Blood Cells: 3.21* mil/uL (4.00-5.50)   

MCV: 90 fL (81-98)   

MCH: 29.3 pg (27.0-32.0)   

Mean Corpuscle Hemoglobin Concentration: 32.4 g/dL (31.0-35.0)   

Red Blood Cells Width Distribution: 16.1* % (11.1-14.3)

   

Differentl

NUCLEATED RBC: 0 /100_WBC 

   NUCLEATED RBC#: 0.00 thou/mL

Coag

PATIENT (PT): 22.4* sec (11.8-14.5)

    INR: 2.1

BasicMetab

 Sodium Blood: 140 mEq/L (135-145)

    Potassium Blood: 3.5 mEq/L (3.3-4.8)

    Chloride Blood: 113* mEq/L (95-105)

    Carbon Dioxide Blood: 25 mmol/L (23-30)

    Urea Nitrogen Blood: 7 mg/dL (5-25)

    Creatinine Blood: 0.60* mg/dL (0.70-1.50)

    eGFR: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2

    eGFRAA: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2

    Glucose Blood: 74 mg/dL (70-110)   

Calcium Blood: 8.0* mg/dL (8.5-10.5)

    AN-GAP: 2

CompMetab

PROTEIN TOTAL BLOOD: 5.6* g/dL (6.1-8.4)

    ALBUMIN BLOOD: 2.3* g/dL (3.5-5.0)

    BILIRUBIN TOTAL BLOOD: 2.1* mg/dL (0.2-1.2)

    ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLD: 132* U/L (40-110)

    AST: 227* U/L (4-40)

ALT: 162* U/L (4-40)

RoutChems

Bilirubin Conjugated: 1.1* mg/dL (0.0-0.3)

 

 

MAY 4,2012 

BLOODWORK   

CBC

[Performed by Southern Tennessee Medical Center]

  WBC: 1.4 NotInList (4.3-11.0)

    PCV BLOOD: 33.1 % (41.5-50.4)

    PLATELET COUNT: 41 K/uL (150-375)

Coag

 [Performed by Southern Tennessee Medical Center]

INR: 1.5 sec (2.0-3.0)

BasicMetab

 [Performed by Southern Tennessee Medical Center]

Sodium Blood: 142 mmol/L (135-148)

    Potassium Blood: 3.8 mEq/L (3.6-5.3)

    Chloride Blood: 112 mmol/L (95-107)

    Carbon Dioxide Blood: 23 mmol/L (21-31)

    Urea Nitrogen Blood: 7 mg/dL (7-22)

Creatinine Blood: 0.9 mg/dL (0.5-1.5)   

eGFR: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2

    eGFRAA: > 60 ml/min/1.73m2

    Glucose Blood: 91 mg/dL (70-110)

CompMetab

 [Performed by Southern Tennessee Medical Center]

PROTEIN TOTAL BLOOD: 7.0 g/dL (6.0-8.3)

    ALBUMIN BLOOD: 2.7 g/dL (3.4-4.5)   

BILIRUBIN TOTAL BLOOD: 2.2 mg/dL (0.2-1.5)

    ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLD: 186 U/L (50-136)

    AST: 439 U/L (15-37)

ALT: 314 U/L (30-65)



neglection....

So its been a while since I have posted anything, and alot has been going on might I add. The last time i believe i posted was about corbins T&A and ear tubes surgery. Since then, i have went to vandy numerous times for blood work, even had to go to the ER for fluid retention, and pitting edema, only to get IV Lasix. Corbin had his post op appointment at vanderbilt for his surgery. Every thing is still going well with corbin, hes been having a few episodes of apnea at night again, which we thought would cure it, so now i have to call and schedule a sleep study for him. he also has to go back every 6 months to make sure the tubes are still in place.
On another note, my blood work has not been coming back very well, instead of starting to decrease my prednisone like they have been, they had to stop and start upping the dosage again. so instead of being on 5 mg of steroids im now on 30mg. let me just tell you that prednisone is the WORST drug to be on! and i absolutely HATE it.
So now for whats going on here recently! I  just sent Corbin on his way to nanny and papas a few hours ago, to spend the night, because he has school in the morning, and I have to be on the road in the morning by 6:30 to be at Vanderbilt by 8:45 for and EGD (upper endoscopy) at 9:30. so ill fill ya in later on