Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Line Placement

Frankly I've been too tired and busy to post lab results.  The short of the the long is this:
-Boo's labs keep showing further development of HUS
-Red blood cell counts are going down (bad)
-Creatinine is rising (bad, but this is in conjunction with symptoms so it's not a important as other numbers)
-Platelets stayed about the same (good)
-Still no urine output (bad)
-Potassium is increasing (very bad, in addition to his body's inability to process what he already has, when red blood cells are broken down they release potassium)

Boo is going to get a line placement today.  This is where they put a catheter into a main vein by the neck.  The tube actually enters in the upper chest near the shoulder and then they snake it under the skin to the neck.
Depending on his potassium levels he may require dialysis today.

He's looking a little swollen today because he's not outputting liquids besides normal forms of liquid loss due to sweat, breathing, etc.

We don't know when they'll perform the line placement but he has to be put under during the procedure.  We don't know if he'll require dialysis today but it appears he probably need it at some point.  It's a matter of when.

1 comment:

  1. Mollie and Nate, We are keeping you and Boo in our prayers. We are so sorry you are going through such a difficult ordeal. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a quick recovery. Love, Aunt Suzi and Uncle Jack

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