Red Cells and White Cells and Platelets, Oh My!

BOX SCORE Element Current Std. Range Trend Hemoglobin 11 13-17 v Platelets 55 140-375 ^ ANC 1800 1800-8300 v Have you ever been in a situation where someone seems to be amazed by something you've done...or endured? It's pretty uncomfortable. From time to time someone says to me something like, "I don't know how you manage to go through what you are going through and not be discouraged. I couldn't do it." In some cases, I think to myself, "Huh?? This guy has much harder things to deal with than I have."  I have come to realize that we all have some kind of challenge to deal with. None of them is minor. A challenge is a challenge. Its relative importance...

BOX SCORE Element Current Std. Range Trend Hemoglobin 11.4 13-17 ^ Platelets 49 140-375 v ANC 2170 1800-8300 v " But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14  I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14) Sometimes I have to remind myself of this verse. The Apostle here is writing to the church in Philippi. This new church was being attacked by "Judaizers," Jews who were trying to convince the followers of Jesus that in addition to faith in Christ, they needed to be circumcised, in order to be reconciled to God. Paul makes a fervent plea for them to remember w...

BOX SCORE Element Current Std. Range Trend Hemoglobin 11 13-17 ^ Platelets 89 140-375 v ANC 2810 1800-8300 ^ When I was a youngster, probably about 10 years old, my dad introduced me to model making. Mainly we built models from kits, but Dad also taught me how to make a stick and paper airplane from scratch. It actually flew, with the help of a rubber band motor. But one of my favorite plastic model kits was an MG-TD sports car. You may remember this car from your youth (if you are old, like me) or from old movies, or maybe from a car show. It was a little, English two-seater with long sweeping front fenders and a vertical grille. The windshield (well, windscreen, if you are Brit...