Saturday, August 27, 2016


9 February 2016

They drew blood today again to check the CMV Count it was 153 000 this week it is 60 939!!!
Today is the last day of the Polygam.... So Happy

Haemaglobin 9.7
Platelets 191
White Cell Count 2.63
Neutrophils 2.25
Lymphocites 0.22
CRP 2
Kidney Function 56

10 February 2016

Restless night last night.  Cymvene will be reduced.
Had to have Neupogen as her white cell count is too low.

She has to have Phenegran everytime she has the Polygam as she has reaction to it everytime.

08 February 2016

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLE!!!!

Simone is very upset that she is at the hospital and she cant see her brother for his birthday.
Hopefully she will be home for Heather's Birthday..



4 February 2016

Dr gave us a call today CMV is not down so Simone will need to go to hospital for about a two week stay.  She will be on a High dose of Anti-Biotics - Cymevene and Polygam to help lower the CMV Count. They will continue to do checks on her throughout the days. Then next Monday they will check the CMV count again.

Her CMV count is up to 100 000 it should be below 10 000 before they will release her.  Normally it should be below 150.

Simone will be on Polygam for 5 days, she has one bottle a day. The stuff is very expensive.

6 February 2016

They started with the Polygam today, as they started Simone had a reaction so they had to stop and give her phenegram first then they could continue with the medication. 

Haemaglobin  10.0
Platelets 215
White Cell Count 2.33
CRP 3
Lymphocites 0.14
Neutrophils 2.14
3 February 2016

Blood is good today!! Yeah!!
Haemaglobin 11.3
White Cell Count 0.94
Platelets 203
Neutrophils 0.72
Lymphocites 0.09


Doctor is happy with everything but we just waiting to hear about the CMV which will come back tomorrow. Hoping all is good then we don't need to worry about hospital stay...
21 January 2016

Cytomeglavirus - CMV  has reared its ugly head unfortunately...... this is a common thing after a transplant. As the Dr explained to us that we as South Africans are all born with it, but due to Simone's donor being an international donor they do not have CMV in their bodies. Simone has to go through the process of taking tablets to clear this up.. Shouldn't take too long..