Carly continues to be a little mystery. We have spent the last three nights in intensive care as they try to bring her serum calcium down to a safe level and figure out why its regulation got out of control. There are several reasons why someone can have hypercalcemia (high calcium) but none of them seem to make sense in Carly's situation. They do know how to manage hypercalcemia using IV fluids and a few medications and they were able to get Carly's calcium back to a more normal level, but it slowly creeps back up when the IV is turned off . As the calcium level came down the improvement in Carly was pretty immediate and she even gave us the gift of a few smiles.
The plan is to try to find a way to stabilize Carly's calcium without IV fluids so we can go home to rest before her big surgery. Hopefully that can happen later today, but it is not certain. If we do go home we would need to come back daily for calcium checks, but that is a small price to pay for a good nights sleep in our own beds. The tumor resection surgery is now set for April 3 and we'll be calling on all of the prayers and positive energy that can be mustered to get Carly through that day with the best outcome possible.
Love, Brad
5 comments:
lots of prayers and love coming your way. Thank you so much for keeping us aware of what's going on. We are anxious and can only imagine how you must be feeling.
You are all in our thoughts.
Bridget McElroy
Thinking about you guys and praying the docs figure this mystery out soon. Love you much.
Hoping you guys will be back home in your beds tonight and resting up for the big day. Thanks for the updates. Give Carly a big hug from all of us. Love,
Savannah, Tim and Evan
A complete tumor resection with no problems will be a perfect early birthday gift for you Brad. I will be on my knees praying for Carly,Dr. G, and you.
Rob
sending kisses to miss carly on a beautiful sunday morning. all our positive energy is coming together, ready for action on April 3rd. glad you're home for a bit, must be a helpful relief.
xo Becca and Brian
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