No Fooling

We had a pretty late night at the hospital yesterday, but after many attempts they were finally able to get an IV into Carly to give a transfusion of platelets to bring this level back into normal range.  A chest x-ray showed that Carly has what looks like a little pneumonia so they also started antibiotics late in the night.  We squeezed in a few hours of sleep in the room with her and Carly was finally able to get some rest herself.

Today has brought many new questions. Carly’s blood labs have shown that her bone marrow is not making enough blood cells or platelets. This can be a result of a number of viruses and if that is the case Carly’s body will just need some time to fight off the virus. The other possibility, which the oncology team sees as very unlikely, is that she has leukemia. They believe that this is probably not the case, but due to the severity of this disease they will perform a bone marrow biopsy tomorrow afternoon to verify that this is not the cause of her blood cell issues.  Carly will need to be under anesthesia for the biopsy but the procedure only takes a few minutes and we should get preliminary results pretty quickly. 

The last issue of the day is the return of Carly’s seizures.  She had been seizure free since December, but early this morning she had a short episode and she has had a few more over the course of the day.  We had hoped that we had put them behind us for good, but because Carly’s body is under a lot of stress she is susceptible to a recurrence. There are a lot of potential explanations for the seizures and as of now we are waiting for Carly to feel more like herself to see if the seizures just fade away with the other symptoms. Carly is a strong little fighter and she is surrounded by love and I am confident that she will overcome these new obstacles. Thanks for your continued love and support.

Love, Brad