Yesterday, the cardiologist came by. He said we shouldn't worry about Mollie's PFO. The only thing that it will affect is her going deep sea diving. So, Mollie won't be able to see the deep blue waters. Oh well!
As for Elise, the PDA is not anything for us to be concerned about. The cardiologist said it should go away at least by age 2. He was checking her to see what options we should take for her anemia. Apparently, her bone marrow is not making enough red blood cells to replenish the ones my antibodies attacked. Tests do show that her body is trying to make them....just not fast enough. The three options we had were one, a blood transfusion. The problem with this is that it could cause infection (introducing new blood to her little body). The second option is to use a certain medicine; however, this will cause holes to be produced in the intestinal tract. Not good. The third option is to increase her fluids and monitor her blood count. The concern with increasing her fluids is pulmonary edema. That's what we needed the cardiologist for. He gave us the approval to try this option. Her fluids were initially decreased because of her PDA. Now, we're going to increase them to combat the low red blood cell count. Right now, her hemocritic is a 4.8. They will check it again on Sunday. It needs to increase....preferably to 10. I'm just glad we know exactly what to pray for. Bless her little heart. She is so fragile.
We received orders that Mollie will be coming home on Monday!! We're excited about that. There is a possibility that Preston may join her. That would be wonderful!! It will also be more difficult for me to travel with both of them back and forth to the NICU. But hopefully, it won't be for much longer.
Thank you once again for all your prayers. We can definitely feel them being answered.
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