(Update from our mom, Melissa)
Forwarding Hannah's progress today. Just wanted to pass along an update before we head off to bed.
Hannah is still waiting the results of the bone marrow biopsy (may be several more days to find out) but had a few other tests updated today.
Her hemoglobin at 10.1 (very good for her!), white blood count is 1.5 (better but 4-8 is normal) and Dr. Koenig said she can't go home til her neutracells (sp?) are above 1 which she's hoping will be tomorrow.
injected her with a lot of fluid last week when she arrived (she's 10 lbs or so heavier) and also gave her strong steroids so she's feeling kinda puffy again but will get lacix (sp?) for that.
She's sounding very chipper (the kids came to visit last night with Daniel David since they'd been apart for a week...VERY good medicine, in deed!)
The very good news is........................ her creatine level is down to 1.5 which calculates to 43% kidney function!!! Praise God for how awesome a Creator He is and especially of our human bodies.
Please keep praying for wisdom for the plethora of doctors caring for her, the right meds to help her heal and her system to stop destroying the blood.
Thank you! Thank you for praying and those who've served with Adonia & Creed, food, visits (Aunt Amy from Iowa came for her biopsy day:) and overall for being there for our family. WHAT would we do without you?
God's grace be poured out on each of you treasured friends.
(note from Chloe: Hannah told me that the Doctors think that one reason for the low blood count is that her lupus medication is too high a dose. So they are adjusting dosages and hoping this will help.)
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