Saturday Update plus 2007-01-29 Lab

Welcome to Saturday. I am going to let everyone know how I am doing today, and also will include my last lab report from my clinic appointments. So, for all of you medically minded readers, you can follow along more closely with my lab reports and see exactly how everything is looking. I shouldn't have another lab report until Monday when I go back to Fort Worth to see the doctor and have my staples removed.

So, more about today. I got a good night's sleep last night, which was nice. I think I am doing much better with the sleeping when I get some good exercise. I walked today for thirty minutes, for a total of one mile. Now that I am able to go for a full thirty minutes, I think I will slowly start increasing my speed/distance. Soon, I should be like a nice, healthy person ... and that will be nice.

The only problem I have been having is heartburn at night. I do not know if it is medication, or if it is what I am eating, or a combination. I guess I will have to let the doctor know about that on Monday. It was particularly bad last night. Luckily, the store-brand ant-acid worked fairly well. I was able to get some sleep, and that's what you need at night.

So, all is well for today. I am glad that I am feeling well and am recovering quickly. Thank you all for your prayers and support. I appreciate everyone looking out for me.

Here is the lab from Monday the 29th:

PROCEDURE	RESULT	UNIT	REF RANGE
[BASIC METABOLIC]
SODIUM	136	MEQ/L	(136 – 145)
POTASSIUM	4.4	MEQ/L	(3.6 – 5.0)
CHLORIDE	101	MEQ/L	(98 – 107)
CO2	24	MMOL/L	(22 – 30)
ANION GAP	11	MEQ/L	(6 – 16)
GLUCOSE RANDOM	84	MG/DL	(75 – 110)
CREATININE	1.0	MG/DL	(0.7 – 1.2)
BUN	12	MG/DL	(9 – 20)
BUN CREAT RATIO	12		(7 – 25)
CALCIUM	10.1	MG/DL	(8.4 – 10.2)
[MAGNESIUM]
MAGNESIUM	1.7	MG/DL	(1.7 – 2.6)
[CBC]
WBC	8.2	K/UL	(4.5 – 11.0)
RBC COUNT	4.26L	M/UL	(4.5 – 6.00)
HEMOGLOBIN	14.2	G/DL	(13.5 – 18.0)
HEMATOCRIT	42.6	%	(40.0 – 52.0)
MCV	100.0H	FL	(80.0 – 99.0)
MCH	33.3H	PG	(27.0 – 33.0)
MCHC	33.3	%	(32.0 – 36.5)
PLATELET COUNT	196	K/UL	(140 – 440)
RDW SD	53.4H	FL	(37.0 – 51.0)
RDW DV	14.5	%	(10.0 – 14.5)
MPV	10.4	FL	(8.5 – 12.0)
SEGS	55	%	(45 – 75)
LYMPHOCYTE	39	%	(20 – 45)
MONOCYTE	5	%	(2 – 9)
EOSINOPHIL	1	%	(0 – 5)
BASOPHIL	1	%	(0 – 2)
SEGS ABS	4.51	K/UL	(2.03 – 8.25)
LYMPHOCYTE ABS	3.20	K/UL	(0.90 – 4.95)
MONOCYTE ABS	0.41	K/UL	(0.09 – 0.99)
EOSINOPHIL ABS	0.08	K/UL	(0.00 – 0.55)
BASOPHIL ABS	0.08	K/UL	(0.00 – 0.22)
ABS NEUTROPHIL	4.51	K/UL	(2.07 – 8.80)
MANUAL BAND	0L	%	(1 – 4)
MAN METAMYELOCY	0	%	(0 – 1)
[PHOSPHORUS]
PHOSPHORUS	3.0	MG/DL	(2.7 – 4.5)
[RT UA]
URINE COLOR	YELLOW
URINE CHARACTER	CLEAR		(CLEAR)
SPECIFIC GRAVITY	> 1.030
URINE PH	5.5
URINE PROTEIN	NEGATIVE		(NEGATIVE)
URINE GLUCOSE	NEGATIVE		(NEGATIVE)
URINE KETONES	NEGATIVE		(NEGATIVE)
URINE BILIRUBIN	NEGATIVE		(NEGATIVE)
UR OCCULT BLOOD	TRACE		(NEGATIVE)
URINE NITRITE	NEGATIVE		(NEGATIVE)
UR UROBILINOGEN	0.2	EU/DL	(0.2 – 1.0)
LEUKOCYTE ESTER	NEGATIVE		(NEGATIVE)
URINE WBCS	3 – 5		(0 – 1)
URINE RBCS	3 – 5		(0 – 1)
EPITHELIAL CELL	RARE
BACTERIA	PRESENT		(ABSENT)
URINE HYALINE CAST	0 – 1

Enjoy!