Mom Update 1-1-10

{Update: The link below should work now. Sorry about that!}

The good news: After having blood work done on Tuesday, Mom's white blood count came back normal which means her infection is much better! Also her creatitine level (kidney function) was over 2. (normal is below 1) It's not 11 like when she went to Baylor a couple of months ago, but still not where it needs to be. Part of this is the Lasix she is taking to try and get rid of the the fluid. The bad news: Her doctor told her that pretty much everything else from her blood work up was out of wack. Found out she is anemic as well.

After increasing her Lasix earlier in the week, her doctor told her that if she continued to gain weight or failed to loose any, that she should go to the ER today(not sure why today was the magical day). She pretty much gained fluid weight every day since coming home last week from the hospital. We were very hopeful, but Dad ended up having to take mom to the ER this morning. They are now running more tests, blood work, monitoring her heart, etc.

They are trying to get some of the fluid removed, but we feel like the left heart valve replacement surgery will be sooner than later. Honestly, it seems like this will be the only thing to give her some relief! Of course, we are much more worried about this than Mom is. She"tries not to worry" as she tells us.

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Happy New Year! We are definitely hoping and praying for a better year for Mom!