Katie and I are out of the hospital again and back at Grandpa Art's and Grandma Kathy's. Her ANC was up again today. It climbed to 160 which is encouraging. However, her other blood cell counts all dropped a little. Red blood, white blood, and platelets are all down just a little. If they continue to drop at the same rate, Katie will need a transfusion on Friday.
I tried to get the doctors to take Katie off of her IV and all antibiotics last night so that we could see how she handled the sudden change while we were still in the hospital. But I couldn't get everyone to agree with my way of thinking. They did unhook the IV, but they kept up two more doses of antibiotics. So, since this was going to be the first night without antibiotics again and we were going to be away from the hospital again, I asked them to leave Katie's port accessed so that if we have to come in in the middle of the night there will be far less trauma. The doctors agreed so we are at her grandparent's house and she is still accessed.
If all goes well tonight and she doesn't get another fever, we will go back in to Fletcher Allen tomorrow to have one more blood sample drawn through her port before she is deaccessed. Then with her port deaccessed, she will be from to go back home to Barton for a little while at least. If her blood counts stabilize, she won't even need to go back to Fletcher Allen for a transfusion on Friday.
2 comments:
I hope all goes well tonight. I will be praying for you Katie. Love from Me and Uncle Kim.
oh wouldn't that be wonderful...to have you all in Barton again. I am so glad, as I know you are, that Amy's parents live close by. Give the little princess a kiss from Nana. Love to you all.
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