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Why Did WBC Count Increase Suddenly If Death Is Unavoidable?
My son-in-law has terminal alveolar soft part sarcoma that he ha been battling for two years.......his doctor told him that there is no more treatment to treat him, as he is neutropenic. He advised him to make end of life plans to to what he wants to do,,,,see who he wants to see etc. Well, his WBC and platelets have come up this past week and he is in Florida. If there a reason WBC would increase suddenly if death is unavoidable?
Wed, 16 Sep 2015
Good morning. Your son in law is suffering from terminal illness and he is neuteropenic. The reason for sudden increase in his WBC counts can be the growth factors given to him by the doctor to increase his WBC counts so as to prevent the development of infections. Sometimes the lab report may be spurious that is another reason. But in any case no need to woorry.
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