Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Got Platelets and Tissues?
So today was a very hectic day for me. I woke up with the sniffles. This was no problem except that it has developed into a cold from this morning. So I am currently using massive amounts of tissues. I don't feel completely lousy though, just snotty. I woke up somewhat early today so that I could go to the lab and get blood work done. Turns out that my platelets are down to 14,000 which is very low and my INR is 3.1 which is high. This would explain the excessive amount of bruises on me. I found all this out after I had my boring Italian class and took a walk down by the river. That walk was by far the highlight of my day. It was very calming and I got some good pictures to develop I think. I spent about 2 hours walking, taking pictures, and relaxing. It was nice. After my walk is when the day got hectic. I found out my blood results and started emailing doctors and ended up going to Dr. Kerr to find out what to do basically. So the plan is that I am to go to the hospital, through the ER, tomorrow and tell them what is going on and get treated for the low platelets. I am very nervous about going tomorrow because it is a hospital in country where the language is not english and they could do things very differently. So for now, I am in bed relaxing, keeping warm, and drifting in and out of sleep. I am very tired but if I go to sleep now I won't sleep a full night so I am going to have to wait a few hours. Wish me luck tomorrow.
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