Yvonne went to the clinic today for her weekly visit. The biggest difference is that she went alone.
This caused all sorts of questions from the medical staff. Where is he? Is he OK? What happened??
Perhaps there weren't really that many questions but it sure didn't go unnoticed:)
I didn't go because I had some work to do and figured (correctly) that it would be a "no change" sort of visit. We can tell at our end because every day Yvonne checks temperature, pressure, urine output, weight, etc. Plus she is keenly aware of how she feels and she feels fine!
We notice everything and there was a mild concern because 3 or 4 days ago Yvonne commented on how cold it was in the apartment and I wasn't even wearing a shirt. <insert your own joke here>
In the past this might have been the first sign of a fever (we checked temp and it was normal) or maybe something else was off. The expectation was that hemoglobin was low (because it has been slowly declining since the transfusions) but in fact it was up from the prior week. Another thought was a UTI but no other symptoms backed that up.
But urine and blood tests will be done using today's samples and we will get a call if there is anything to be concerned about.
So yes, no news is good news. Next visit is next Monday.
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