She only made it through half a day of work. Said it felt like her spleen was going to pop. I suggested that maybe she needs a few days of working part time until the meds have had more time to do the job.   Her boss told her not to worry about her job. She was really worried about Hil.

Galen really went to bat for her too with the nurses who kept refusing to give her the pain meds. Turns out they weren't weaning her off by extending the time between doctor prescribed doses. They were simply refusing to give her the meds and telling her to stop complaining.

However the nurse who was the most adamant about not giving her the pain killers, was the one who shouted at gastro doc for not ordering bone marrow test. Gastro was going to send her home after endoscopy found gastritis. Hematologist stepped in, put her in quarantine because her platelets were so low. She would not have been able to fight infection and was at risk of bleeding to death if injured.

By Saturday afternoon and 3 days on prednisone and another anti inflammatory her platelets started rising. So they sent her home. But she has to go back for tests and if the platelets start dropping then they will probably advise a splenectomy.