I know you are all wanting to know what is going on with Micah’s CBC (complete blood count). Well to tell the story I have to start at the beginning, so for those of you who know most of it, feel free to scroll down.. 
Micah had his flu shot last Thursday (and MMR… once you go through chemo your body no longer has the immunization still in your body, you have to get a blood test to confirm this)
Well, I noticed that he bled during the injection. Since I am in the medical field I tried to rationalize it thinking “Well if the injection went through a small vessel, then bleeding is ok.” Then his little legs were all bruised up from the shots.
Ok, so why are they brusied? Hmm.. well sometimes people bruise…Right?!
Remember, I am a cancer mom. No matter how much I try to run from it. I am. That is my normal. Bruising and bleeding are not my favorite things when it comes to Micah. IF it were Jarek or Taea I would have been sad for them, but not worried.
Then came Friday night….O thank God for Lorri.
Micah slept horrible (as we all did) because he ended up with a fever and really bad congestion. Perfect.
Monday comes around and I am not going to wait to get him in because I have learned that Micah just doesn’t fight infections as good as my other kids do, so he needs an antibiotic.
I express my concerns to Micah’s NP. She agrees that the bruising isn’t very common with simple injections such as what he had.. So she sends us over for a CBC.
Keep in mind this is Monday almost 5pm. SO after the rude nurse, I knew not to get my hopes up of getting the results that day. (yesterday) These are times when I never thought I would say this but I miss the oncology office in Florida. They would poke his finger and you actually watched them put his blood in the machine. You had the results in less than a minute.
Today goes by, me sitting on needles. I left a message at 1030am. NOthing… I call Elizabeth on her cell.. THANKS ELIZABETH! And she calls the office and then text me at 215 saying they should be calling me soon. At 345 I call back to the clinic asking what the heck.. “They are looking into it” They call me back about 5 mins later// “Mrs Albonico, I was just made aware that the lab couldn’t get the results of Micah’s blood test because the blood clotted.” What? I was furious.. What this says is… they didn’t run the blood fast enough. She says.. “So can you come back in?”
Your are kidding me right? So, I am furious, but I go back in. Same nurse.. and Lorri asks *already knowing the answer* “What would make the blood clot like that”. She answers “If they didn’t run it fast enough it would have clotted” Hmm.. so at least she didn’t try to lie.
He gets poked again. This time the bleeding wasnt near as hard as yesterday.. Thats a good sign right?
Pastor Tony comes over to comfort us. Thank you for that! We sit there and wait.. impatiently I might ad.
Nurse goes.. “Angie, the blood clotted again”. The only other option you have is to go over to the hospital and have someone else try to get them. ARE YOU KIDDING ME????
NO I am not taking him today to get poked again. When in the world has a simple CBC finger stick been so freakin’ difficult? In Micah’s WHOLE life I have NEVER had this happen.
Now I have to take him again.. Please pray for comfort.
I know that is a long story, but to truely understand my frustration you had to hear it all.
Another night wondering, although I do have somewhat a peace. Maybe it is me just chillin’ out from all the endorphins that have been running wild… Maybe it was Pastor Tony laying his hands on Micah and praying.. Maybe it’s knowing that God, our creator, is in control.
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