Thursday, June 30, 2011

eos & RDW

I had my follow-up appointment with Kristy today. As I expected she was pretty excited about my status. :) Recent changes include adding the medicine Zyflo and being out of school (away from 700 kiddos) for summer break. Which change is making the big impact? Who knows?? We're both just content with the fact that I'm not sick and I'm not on steroids for now. :)  Life is good! 

My labwork showed my eosinophil count to be down to 1350. Apparently that's still considered a high number, but in my book it's not even close to 3000, so I'll take it as a win! My RDW count was also quite high. My minimal googling efforts tell me it has something to do with red blood cells. My "let it go until a doctor says it's a problem" instinct kicked in quickly and I gladly let it take over. There are too many other things to be concerned about. I am happy to forget all about those numbers, knowing Dr. Olson will deal with them. ;) I'm still feeling pretty good and determined to make the most of it for as long as it will last!