A long, hard week

After feeling below average all week, on Thursday my temp was bumping between 37.5-38.

To cut a very long story short, off to the SAN ER as per Dr's orders, bloods come back quickly - neutropenia and low platelets!

Neutropenia means neutrophils are low, neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that fights infection. On thursday mine were ZERO, mimimun should be 2

Platelets help your blood clot, and having low platelets increases the risk of bleeding and bruising. They came back at 23, minimum should be 150

The details are boring, lets just say I have never been so sick.

How to fix neutropenia - high dose antibiotics. These fight infections so the body's neutrophils can recover on their own.

How to fix low platelets - platelet transfusion of course! (it looks like liquid skin)

Its sunday and i'm feeling much better, neutrophils are at 2.2 and platelets are at 53.

Still in hospital, resting, will see what the big kahuna says tomorrow!