For our long memorial day weekend we went to a BBQ, hung out poolside, and played in the sink:) Rowan loved every minute!
Tuesday we tried to leave at noon for our monthly check up trip to Houston. Rowan threw up about 15minutes down the road so we turned around, bathed, switched out car seats, and tried again...
She threw up again about 2hrs in, but it was an easier clean up. She was also acting rather sleepy, but I just thought she was tired from the throwing up.
We checked into the hotel, met some friends for dinner, and Ro was just not herself- kinda fussy...
When we got back to the hotel, she was on fire!!! We gave her a bath and daddy went out to buy a thermometer because I looked at it while we were packing and distinctly thought, "why would we need that?!" I also thought, "why pack extra clothes? It's always a waste"... Lesson learned-
So 101.8 was the answer.
We checked out of the hotel and into the ER.
.... At 9:30p
and got a room at 2:30am...
3 sticks to get an IV and 4 more for more blood work = 7 total sticks so far with 3 nasty bruises.
No food due to the liver ultrasound (even though the US tech told us that because she has no gallbladder, there is no reason for her to be NPO).
The tech also said he couldn't even tell the liver he was looking at was transplanted!! He said he can usually always tell.
After speaking with our GI Drs, they believe this is just an infection which she very recently acquired. No rejection!
Rowan's liver numbers are still perfect! Praise God for that donor and our Perfect match!
Caught a smile playing with the iPad- yay! And check out my awesome sleeves:) compliments of mommy dearest so we don't have to wear hospital clothes.
And one more with our ultrasound friend.
But that's it... Today has been a not feeling well day.
Poor baby.
No more fever- yay! She's had a couple doses of antibiotics...
Currently, Ro's hemoglobin is 4.5. It should be around 10. (This is the amount of blood that carries oxygen around in your body.) They are thinking it is low due to the infection.... And Alllll the lab draws....
Because of the transplant, they are having to work very hard to get the appropriate blood match. And it is taking forever!!!
Seriously- since 12 last night and we are still waiting.... (it's after 3pm!)
If we have to be in the hospital, it feels really good to be here. We know the nurses and love our 12th floor.
God's timing is perfect, and we couldn't agree more this time.
We are praying after a couple days, we can go home. That's the plan unless she has a more serious infection. Currently we are just waiting for cultures to come back and identify the bug. And waiting for matched blood!
Thank you so much for all of your thoughts and prayers. We feel so blessed. Your support makes us feel uplifted and confident this will pass quickly.
We can't wait for our bouncing, constantly moving little smartie to be back to her old self again.
Maybe tomorrow I will have some happy girl photos...
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