Why is my mother's platelet count dropping so drastically?


Last updated: 06-Sep-2008

Question from Caring.com Community Member, candacep21

My mom is a leukemia patient who's in the hospital for a second time, receiving chemotherapy due to the disease coming out of remission. The problem is that they cannot keep her platelet count stablized. Once they give her platelets, by the end of the day they've diminished. This morning they gave her platelets and her count was 65,000, Seven hours later it was 5,000. This is the second day in a row that this has happened. Please let me know what you think.

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