Conversion Chart

Today I was so consumed with the actual procedure (and anxiety), it wasn't until we got home (and I'd had a nap) that I was able to think, and wonder, and be curious!

How much of a peanut did he even eat today?

Good thing Scott is good with numbers and has worked in nanograms and micrograms much of his career!

Here is the breakdown, in layman's terms:
(Assuming 1 peanut weighs .5 grams (or 500,000 micrograms), which is what the average peanut weighs.)


9:15 am - Given 1/100,000 of a peanut
9:30 - (previous dose repeated)

9:45 - given 1/50,000 of a peanut
10:00 - (previous dose repeated)

10:15 - given 1/20,000 of a peanut
10:30 - (previous dose repeated)

10:45 - given 1/10,000
11:00 - (previous dose repeated)

11:15 - given 1/5,000 of a peanut
11:30 (dose repeated)


So, overall, he went from eating 1/100,000 to eating 1/5,000.
I guess that's progress.  :)  As minimal as it is!

To make this more complex, how much of a peanut in total did he eat ALL TOGETHER?!  Good thing Beck had awesome Mrs. Carlson for math this last year - he whipped this out in no time.  He ended up eating 76/100,000 of a peanut (which reduces down to about 1/1300 of a peanut).


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Home dose tonight (at 7:30pm) is 1/10,000 of a peanut.