Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Record Counts


Jo showed me her blood counts last night and I immediately assumed foul play. Platelets at 232,000 and white blood cells at 6.2. This had to be a hoax. Dr. Alvarez had hoped Jo's white blood cells would get to 4 before her most recent surgery. Jo's platelets haven't been over 200,000 in 4 years!

Jo swears the results have not been "doctored", but would Dr. Alvarez agree? Indeed these are truly miraculous numbers. They are also totally unexpected only 10 days after major surgery.

The only thing in our lives that has changed recently is the bone-chilling cold temperatures in the Denver area. Is it possible these freezing cold days have caused Jo's increased blood counts? If so, would it be beneficial to move to Alaska? Is there an igloo in our future? Stay tuned.

4 comments:

David & BeLynda said...

Congrats on the blood counts -- great news! The tubby story below made me laugh out loud! Love to all!

Anonymous said...

Alaska......or Minnesota?

Love- your family in MN.

Anonymous said...

Hi Jo, Tim & Anna

You can move to Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada - the windchill is -48 this morning. That'll cure ya for sure!
Everything sounds great for you Jo! Thinking of you and hope you can soon put all your medical issues behind you.

Deb & Glenn

Unknown said...

Wow thats great, miss you guys loads!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxx