Monday, May 2, 2011

*whine*

So, it took three tries to get the IV placed. Have I ever mentioned that I HATE that part more than just about anything. So now, everyone's cranky. Finally IV team Sam got it (I write it here so I can look it up later). They have to give him tylenol and benadryl a half hour before the IVIG. So, the infusion won't get started til 11:30 (it's a 4-5 hour infusion).
So, not only was his IGG (immunoglobin G, a marker of one type of antibodies) low, it was off the charts. The nurse had said "below 240". What I inferred was it was like, 238 and she rounded. What she meant was that the hospital that tested it only went down to 240, and his was below 240. Yikes. So we really don't know what it was. And so it goes.

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