Kauri's Dr. visits today began with them sampling her blood. If you remember Monday with her surgery they had a hard time finding a spot to poke her for the iv. When the nurse tried today her veins were tender-as you can imagine- so it hurt pretty badly.
Then she went in for an ultra sound. The nurse explained what had happened to her in such a clear way that it made more sense for all of us. They didn't find a cyst that would be big enough to bother her.
Then we headed up to Dr. Black's office. He informed us that Kauri's lipase went down to 822. That means it went down 100 in one day. When it previously had taken 5 days to go down 100. Dr. Black doesn't want Kauri to go to school with her PICC line and Marty. Mom and Kauri don't want to go with it either. Since her lipase is taking so long to go down, the Dr. said that he thinks since she is filling better she could try drinking clear liquids!! Her lipase is just taking it's time. So she will have her blood checked on Friday and another follow up appointment with Dr. Black on Monday (has to miss the first day of school). And then hopefully the PICC line will get taken out!
Thank you for all your prayers and thoughts. Today was very special... and we owe it all to the prayers and the faith of those that love Kauri. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Funny story. When Sarah was first in the hospital after her first seizures, they came in to do an ultrasound on her heart. She was so drugged up, so when she saw what they were doing she asked, "Am I pregnant?" We still laugh about that one. Thought you'd appreciate this from having had an ultrasound yourself.
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