 At the beginning of her hospitalization, her body temperature was 37.8 °C and her pulse 80 bpm.In the following days, her hair began to fall out and her white blood cell count sank from the normal count of 8,000 to 300-400 (other sources indicate 500 to 600 white blood cells), much to the surprise of the doctors.Her red blood cell count was at the 3,000,000 level.