5.3.06 Morning Abby Update

Abby has done well through the night. The blood clotting meds have worked & her plasma levels are really good. The blood transfusion did increase her hemoglobin levels to a 30+ the doctors, however, would like to see them at 50 but they are not going to force anything right now. Abby has been given lasic drugs to help her urinate a lot and the drugs are working great. Her chest x-ray last night still showed a little bit of fluid in her lungs (Ryan likened that to phlegm in the lungs for us) which they want to get out & they are going to do another chest x-ray today to see if the lasic drugs got the fluid out. Today Abby will also be undergoing another headscan to make sure the blood in the brain fluid is not moving anywhere, which they don't expect it to but just want to make sure. What the doctors would like to see happen, eventually, with the blood that is currently in the brain fluid, is have it reabsorb into her body.

As we all know, Kelly is discharged today. The only way she wouldn't be discharged is if her incision got infected, to which Ryan & Kelly commented, "I think I feel an infection coming on." (per Derek Baker's visit last night). Derek also said that the hospital does have a room where Kelly can "camp out" & sleep, so she can spend as much time as possible with Abby.

Keep praying for the Gaya family!