UPDATE (6/8): This is the blood chart up to the time I entered the hospital for my third round of induction chemotherapy. There is a separate page just for the third round.
For those curious about the details of the progression, I will try to copy over the numbers off of my chart – or scorecard as it’s called here – every day.
Definitions:
WBC = White blood count; ANC = Absolute Neutrophil Count (combination of mature/immature cells that fight infection); Hbg = Hemaglobin (red blood); PLT = Platelets
| Date | Day | WBC | ANC | Hgb | PLT | Transfusions |
| 10 Feb | Day -3 | 4.9 | 147 | 10.8 | 25 | – |
| 14 Feb | Day 1 | 3.7 | 147 | 8.7 | 44 | – |
| 15 Feb | 2 | 1.0 | 192 | 8.3 | 37 | – |
| 16 Feb | 3 | 0.6 | 192 | 8.3 | 37 | – |
| 17 Feb | 4 | 0.5 | 500* | 8.0 | 31 | – |
| 18 Feb | 5 | 0.4 | 80 | 7.6 | 29 | 2x RBCs |
| 19 Feb | 6 | 0.7 | n/a** | 9.3 | 22 | – |
| 20 Feb | 7 | 0.9 | n/a** | 9.9 | 14 | – |
| 21 Feb | 8 | 1.2 | n/a** | 10.1 | 15 | – |
| 22 Feb | 9 | 0.8 | n/a** | 9.3 | 9 | 2x Platlets |
| 23 Feb | 10 | 0.9 | n/a** | 8.7 | 58 | – |
| 24 Feb | 11 | 0.6 | n/a** | 8.2 | 35 | – |
| 25 Feb | 12 | 0.7 | n/a** | 8.2 | 36 | – |
| 26 Feb | 13 | 0.9 | n/a** | 7.8 | 21 | 2x RBCs |
| 27 Feb | 14 | 1.2 | 12 | 9.2 | 11 | – |
| 28 Feb | 15 | 1.4 | n/a** | 8.9 | 8 | 2x Platlets |
| 1 Mar | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | 8.4 | 59 | – |
| 2 Mar | 17 | 1.2 | n/a** | 8.0 | 46 | – |
| 3 Mar | 18 | 1.1 | n/a** | 8.2 | 30 | – |
| 4 Mar | 19 | 1.4 | n/a** | 7.7 | 27 | 1x RBCs |
| 5 Mar | 20 | 1.7 | n/a** | 8.7 | 26 | – |
| 6 Mar | 21 | 0.7 | 0 | 10.4 | 29 | – |
| 7 Mar | 22 | 0.3 | 0 | 8.2 | 23 | – |
| 8 Mar | 23 | 0.5 | n/a** | 7.9 | 21 | 1x RBCs |
| 9 Mar | 24 | 0.5 | n/a** | 9.9 | 29 | – |
| 10 Mar | 25 | 1.2 | n/a** | 8.7 | 18 | – |
| 11 Mar | 26 | 0.9 | n/a** | 8.5 | 14 | – |
| 12 Mar | 27 | 0.6 | 0 | 8.2 | 10 | 1x Platelets |
| 13 Mar | 28 | 1.4 | 0 | 8.1 | 32 | – |
| 14 Mar | 29 | 0.7 | 0 | 7.5 | 19 | 2x RBCs |
| 15 Mar | 30 | 0.8 | n/a** | 8.5 | 11 | – |
| 16 Mar | 31 | 0.7 | n/a** | 8.2 | 7 | 1x Platelets |
| 17 Mar | 32 | 0.7 | n/a** | 9.5 | 28 | – |
| 18 Mar | 33 | 0.6 | n/a** | 7.7 | 17 | 2x RBCs |
| 19 Mar | 34 | 0.7 | n/a** | 8.8 | 12 | – |
| 20 Mar | 35 | 0.4 | n/a** | 7.9 | 7 | RBC + Platelets |
| 21 Mar | 36 | 0.8 | n/a** | 8.9 | 24 | – |
| 22 Mar | 37 | 0.6 | n/a** | 8.6 | 17 | – |
| 23 Mar | 38 | 0.8 | n/a** | 9.3 | 22 | 1x RBCs*** |
| 24 Mar | 39 | 0.8 | 0 | 9.2 | 23 | – |
| 25 Mar | 40 | 0.7 | 420 | 9.3 | 36 | – |
| 26 Mar | 41 | 0.8 | 0 | 8.6 | 52 | – |
| 27 Mar | 42 | 0.8 | 192 | 9.2 | 73 | – |
| 28 Mar | 43 | 0.7 | 176 | 9.0 | 87 | – |
| 29 Mar | 44 | 0.8 | 96 | 9.0 | 117 | – |
| 30 Mar | 45 | 1.0 | 200 | 9.3 | 106 | – |
| 31 Mar | 46 | 1.3 | 156 | 9.0 | 134 | – |
| 1 Apr | 47 | 1.2 | 384 | 8.9 | 140 | – |
| 2 Apr | 48 | 1.4 | 224 | 9.0 | 124 | – |
| 3 Apr | 49 | 1.4 | 168 | 9.0 | 92 | – |
| 4 Apr | 50 | 1.3 | 364 | 9.1 | 147 | – |
| 5 Apr | 51 | 1.7 | 408 | 9.2 | 157 | – |
| 6 Apr | 52 | 1.8 | 378 | 9.2 | 142 | – |
| 7 Apr | 53 | 1.7 | 476 | 9.6 | 130 | – |
| Interruption due to hospital discharge; bloods not taken daily. | ||||||
| Date | Day | WBC | ANC | Hgb | PLT | Transfusions |
| 9 Apr | – | 1.2 | 432 | 9.4 | 100 | – |
| 12 Apr | – | 1.2 | 408 | 9.9 | 77 | – |
| 16 Apr | – | 1.4 | 196 | 10.2 | 60 | – |
| 19 Apr | – | 1.1 | 110 | 10.8 | 69 | – |
| 23 Apr | – | 1.2 | 192 | 11.7 | 113 | – |
| 26 Apr | – | 1.3 | 300 | 11.2 | 103 | – |
| 30 Apr | – | 1.0 | 280 | 10.6 | 77 | – |
| 2 May | – | 0.9 | 72* | 12.1 | 90 | – |
| 7 May | – | 1.1 | 242 | 11.4 | 79 | – |
| 9 May | – | 1.3 | 182 | 12.0 | 87 | – |
| 10 May | – | 1.1 | 198 | 11.8 | 70 | – |
| 14 May | – | 1.2 | 144 | 12.4 | 73 | – |
| 17 May | – | 1.1 | 198 | 12.1 | 66 | – |
| 21 May | – | 1.1 | 143 | 11.2 | 62 | – |
| 23 May | – | 0.8 | 128 | 12.1 | 67 | – |
| 24 May | – | 1.1 | 154 | 12.4 | 66 | – |
| 29 May | – | 1.1 | 264 | 11.2 | 58 | – |
| 31 May | – | 1.2 | 60 | 11.9 | 59 | – |
| 4 Jun | – | 1.1 | 66 | 11.9 | 50 | – |
| 6 Jun | – | 1.0 | 12.6 | 63 | – | |
| Third chemo | ||||||
| Date | Day | WBC | ANC | Hgb | PLT | Transfusions |
| 6 June | 1 | 1.0 | not avail | 12.6 | 63 | – |
| 7 June | 2 | not avail | not avail | not avail | not avail | – |
| 8 June | 3 | 0.5 | 100 | 11.7 | 60 | – |
| 9 June | 4 | 0.5 | 200 | 11.5 | 61 | – |
| 10 June | 5 | 0.4 | * | 9.5 | 50 | – |
Footnotes:
* We believe this is an anomaly.
** Presumably zero.
*** Ordinarily with that hemoglobin count, one does not get a transfusion. But the lab reported a low number (6.6) very early in the day and they decided to give me the transfusion even though the real number is what’s in the chart (9.3).
