rosieinbelair

Well, the day we got his blood taken, he was feeling very out of it and and actually considered going to the emergency room with me. But as we spent more time together, he said he started to feel better and in fact he grocery shopped and we ate lunch together. So I knew it was a good idea to have his blood taken on a day when he felt awful, but since then he has been feeling pretty good. So I am just confused as to why the ammonia may go up and down like it does. I called his oncologist today but he didn’t return my call. It’s been a challenge making sure these doc’s get the blood work results and review them but I am all over them. I guess we will know more on Weds. Just FYI, his bilirubin was 1.7 last week, no exorbitantly high, but over the limit. But his CA 19-9 was 294, ammonia 180, and the AST and ALT were 367 and 228, so all very high. It’s just weird that one week prior his AST and ALT were 20 and 16. Still trying to understand it all. Thank you, Marion for your feedback. Roe