Platelets

We spent the morning in the Hematology department at St. V’s hospital learning about Tom’s newly discovered Platelet Storage Pool Deficiency. Some of what was said was interesting, some not, and some I don’t want to have to deal with….like from now on any new drug Tom need to take will have to go through them first, to make sure that drug doesn’t decrease his platelet functions. I was also given a list of over-the-counter drugs that Tom should not take for that reason and just about every cold medication, antacid, and pain medication was on it. The most important thing the doctor wants us to remember is platelet storage pool deficiency is so rare that more than likely any doctor we come in contact with in an emergency situation will have never heard of it or will know what it is.