Following Gracie's counts

Just below are a couple of charts so you can see Gracie's progress over time. Also, if you haven't seen the video if Gracie's trip down the hall, scroll down to the Day +25 post.

On the white blood cell chart, it's important to note that the drop after Day +19 is due to the doctors taking Gracie off of growth hormones on Day +17 because her counts were so good, to see if she would start to grow them on her own. Neutrophils are the most important type of white blood cell, so I've highlighted them in blue.






On the Kidney function chart, you see the levels spike when they put her back on the diuretic after taking her off a bit too early (she puffed up a lot). You see it starting to go back down as they've lowered her dose on the diuretic and other medicines, and slightly increased her maintenance fluid levels, which dilute all of the drugs going in.

It's easy to see the dramatic impact that seemingly small changes have on these numbers, as well as the 2 pages of other numbers we are following. It's a delicate balance to keep everything in check.