We Have Counts!

After some pretty depressing updates, I finally have some good news to share! Dad's daily blood tests indicated he is coming out of nadir and his body is creating the normal, necessary blood cells! We have blood counts! Obviously, the numbers are incredibly low, but the great part is that his body created white blood cells, hemoglobin, and platelets on his own without transfusions! And, where there were zeros there are now numbers. Go Dad!

We have been cautioned not to get too excited or ahead of ourselves, but it is nice to have some good news to share after a rough couple weeks.

Dad is returning to dialysis today as he's still in kidney failure. His confusion returned after not having dialysis for several days, but the goofiness was a little less alarming since it was cleared up so quickly after previous dialysis treatments. And, if there's any indication of the fact that Dad is doing much better it's this: he's annoyed at the timing of dialysis because it may interfere with watching the Buckeyes tournament game today. :)