Thursday, September 4, 2008

Update....yes we are still here at the hospital and probably not going home any time soon.

Well, now we were just told that there is a great possibility that we won't be out of here by the weekend. We were just updated, and this is what we were told.....The doctor came in about an hour and a half ago, and told us that his neutrophil count was still really low. It was higher than yesterday, but he is still very concerned because it is still low. They are also going to do a bone marrow on him tomorrow under general anesthesia. (I am really scared to have my baby put to sleep, but I know that it is for his own good). Basically what they are looking for is any types of luekemia/cancer (yes, they used the scary words.) The GI Specialist just came in and is fairly confident that he has a reflux disease. So they are going to have to keep him on medication like Previcid or something similar. They have taken him totally of juice, fruits (he can have bananas)....basically he is on the brat diet. Well, my son has made a reputation for himself around the hospital already as "the incredible hulk". It takes like 5-6 nurses just to take blood, that is not even for his IV....which they are coming back very shortly to put back in. He is not only a hard person to get blood from his blood clots very easily, so there are a lot of times that he has to be pricked a lot more than usual.Well, please continue to pray, and now there is something that is more specific to pray for.

1 comments:

Mommy Parr said...

Jodie,
Just wanted to let you know that I am praying for Asher. My heart goes out to you! Thanks for keeping us updated....I know it must be hard with all the other things you have to think about.

Sarah