Yesterday was a no treatment day for Heather! She said it was a 'long' day. Haha.
Mark was able to go up in the afternoon and in the evening the hospital was bombarded with 8 extra girls armed with good food and lots of laughter. If laughter is the best medicine she got a lot of it last night. Most of our girl's nights out to GR are to go see Kenny (Chesney) at the Van Andel so going to see Heather in the Hospital was close to the same thing. ;) But in all seriousness it was a great night.
As far as her numbers yesterday, her hemoglobin was 8.3 and her platelets were 223! She is peeing like crazy so her nephrlologist says she will probably never have to have dialysis again!! Amazing!
She has a lot of fluid build up however. Her internal med doctor said it is in her tissue and will just have to work itself out once her kidneys have 'caught up' and fully recovered. It is just making her uncomfortable and making it harder for her to get good deep breathes.
On a better note she got a great nights sleep on Friday night...finally. They switched up her sleeping meds and she slept all night.
She had a great day today too. Once again no dialysis (they check her 'numbers' everyday so it can be an option). Hemoglobin was at 7.8, platelets 226 (great after not having plasmapheresis yesterday), Creatinine 2.56, LDH 276, BUN 26. Her hemoglobin did drop and I did ask if they had talked about another blood transfusion but she hadn't talked to the hematologist yet and I didn't think of it again when I was up there this evening.
She again was 'out and about' today. Mark and all three girls were up visiting and they walked to the 'cafe' for some dinner.
Pray for hemoglobin to rise.
That she might be able to come home Tuesday or Wednesday. :)
That the transition home will be smooth and anxieties will be eased when she does come home.
Continued restful sleep.
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