Ashley contitnues to bleed, source is still unknown. This bleeding issue has been off and on for almost a year now. She had labs drawn on Monday and her platelet count continues to drop. Her other blood counts are also off. We are hoping that once we find the source of the bleeding her counts will start to stablize.
We are leaving for Shands Hospital bright and early tomorrow morning to see Dr. A. He wants us to bring a fresh stool sample with us. (Let's hope I don't get pulled over by a cop. Can you imagine trying to explain what you have in a sealed container.) Collecting the stool sample should be interesting. If there is old blood her stool, Ashley could possibly be scheduled for both an upper and lower GI scope plus a colonscopy as early as next week.
The good news is that Ashley's liver appears to be holding its own. Liver enzymes are stable and the liver appears to be getting rid of bile as it should. Hopefully, we can keep her liver happy for a very long time. Statistically, however, a happy liver may not be possible. But we will just take one day at a time and not worry about those silly statistics.
We are leaving for Shands Hospital bright and early tomorrow morning to see Dr. A. He wants us to bring a fresh stool sample with us. (Let's hope I don't get pulled over by a cop. Can you imagine trying to explain what you have in a sealed container.) Collecting the stool sample should be interesting. If there is old blood her stool, Ashley could possibly be scheduled for both an upper and lower GI scope plus a colonscopy as early as next week.
The good news is that Ashley's liver appears to be holding its own. Liver enzymes are stable and the liver appears to be getting rid of bile as it should. Hopefully, we can keep her liver happy for a very long time. Statistically, however, a happy liver may not be possible. But we will just take one day at a time and not worry about those silly statistics.
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