We were able to take Amelia's NG tube out today. She has been eating extremely well!!! Enough so that the docs OKed removing her tube, so...IT IS GONE!!!
Today during rounds, we found out the only thing keeping us here is our counts!!! The numbers we need is 50 platelets and 500 ANC (part of her white blood counts). That is the good news...the bad news is today her platelets fell from 47 yesterday to 38 today and her ANC fell from 33 yesterday to 7 today!!! One of the blood medicines she is on lowers her white counts, so that is kind expected. However, tonight is the last dose of that medicine, so we hope to see improvements soon.
The other catch is the surgeon has said when her platelets come up to 50, we can reverse her colostomy, so we are going to push for that since it would be either now or in 4 -5 months.
So, we pray continue to pray for blood count improvements.
Blessings
The Moody Family
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