Hello everyone....
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.
Lyndi is doing fine, she is on her 2nd unit of blood and resting well.
She has 1 more after that which will be done around noon today.
They are drawing more blood at 8am this morning after the 2nd unit is completed to see how the red blood cells are doing.
The doctors are working on a cause for the breakdown of the red cells.
After an hour and half all signs were good. They were monitoring her blood pressure and temperature every 15minutes for changes so I had my eye on the monitor constantly.
I came home this morning after the first unit was in progress to get a shower and few hours of shut eye.
I am heading back to be with her now. love all m
Here is the diagnosis.
Hemolytic anemia is anemia due to hemolysis, the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells (RBCs) either in the blood vessels (intravascular hemolysis) or elsewhere in the body (extravascular). It has numerous possible causes, ranging from relatively harmless to life-threatening. The general classification of hemolytic anemia is either acquired or inherited. Treatment depends on the cause and nature of the breakdown.
In a healthy person, a red blood cell survives 90 to 120 days in the circulation, so about 1% of human red blood cells break down each day. The spleen (part of the reticulo-endothelial system) is the main organ which removes old and damaged RBCs from the circulation. In healthy individuals, the breakdown and removal of RBCs from the circulation is matched by the production of new RBCs in the bone marrow.
In conditions where the rate of RBC breakdown is increased, the body initially compensates by producing more RBCs; however, breakdown of RBCs can exceed the rate that the body can make RBCs, and so anemia can develop. Bilirubin, a breakdown product of hemoglobin, can accumulate in the blood causing jaundice, and be excreted in the urine causing the urine to become a dark brown colour.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Wow, When did this start? I just talked to her the other day. Take care of her. Love you guys.
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