April 12, 2009

Hello, this is Casey AGAIN..I wanted to let everyone know that Ava has been doing really well and she now weighs 3lbs 1oz! Her little arms are starting to look a little chunky :) Kelly hasn't been doing so well, she had a really good day but she still took it easy and then the next day she was back to being nauseated all the time, vomiting, and overall just felt really bad. Yesterday her temperature got up to 102 so we called her doctor and he said to take her to the ER because he thinks that she may have an infection. A couple of days ago, her white blood cell count was up so they started her on an antibiotic but with the immunosuppressants that she has to take for her kidney, they sort of work against each other. The antibiotic wasn't doing the job so they admitted her yesterday because they found mulitple pockets of pus (infection) in her abdomen which may be causing a partial bowel obstruction. They are keeping her NPO (no food or fluids by mouth) and hoping that the antibiotics will resolve the pockets since they are so small. If that doesn't work, then they will have to go in and drain them but that may be able to be done without having to open her back up. So hopefully this will resolve with antibiotics and rest..and hopefully this will be the last time she is in the hospital for awhile. I will keep everyone updated and I hope everyone has a "Happy Easter!"