Almost twelve hours after being admitted, we know nothing. Charlotte was hydrated, and immediately perked up and ate an entire medium fry from McDonald's, the most she has eaten in a week. She slept okay despite the constant disruptions from nurses, and seems in okay spirits. They did more blood work last night, this time showing her platelets still low (though a bit higher than Friday) as well as her white blood count. However, no abnormal white blood cells have been found as of yet.
Both oncology and GI have been in to see her this morning. Oncology, obviously wanting to rule out leukemia. Their plan is to give it another 24 hours and repeat her CBC tomorrow morning. If her counts are still off, they will do a bone marrow biopsy tomorrow. GI wants to rule our celiac disease (which they say could be causing the diarrhea, but not the low platelets), so they drew blood for a celiac panel today. Those results will take a week, however.
That is all I know. Charlotte is doing okay. She was cranky this morning, but when Mike got here, she immediately perked up shouted "hi" and signed "dada." I think she was happy to see a familiar face and not someone else who would poke and prod at her. She is in a really good mood right now, eating a fruit cup, sitting on Mike's lap, watching her um-teenth episode of Signing Time this morning. Lets hope she naps.
Thank you, thank you for all the messages of love and prayers. It means so much to us to have such a huge "web" of support behind our girl.
Thanks for the update Em! This sassy little girl has everyone thinking about and praying for her.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update! The Oberneders in GB have been praying hard for positive results. Glad to hear she is starting to perk up but we will keep praying for continued healing. Hang in there Em--you all have a lot of love and support behind you!
ReplyDeleteWe have been thinking about you guys ever since Fri, thanks for the updates. We weren't sure if we should call or not, so we thought we would wait to hear from you. We love you guys and are here if you need anything, maybe a good time for a Katherine and/or Will sleepover????
ReplyDeleteYour poor sweet girl. I've been thinking about you guys a lot and hoping she was feeling better. Will be hoping for answers for you as well. Celiac seems like an odd idea since it seems like a rather sudden reaction (and you probably didn't just start adding gluten.) Keeping the prayers coming.
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