Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Long day at clinic, followed by a long night in the ER

Thats right friends, we just got home from the Emergency room. This afternoon after getting home fom Jacksonville and our clinic visit, Gracie decided to spike a pretty good temp. We took her temp several times over the next few minutes to be sure, and we were- her temp was 101.8!!!! For all post-transplant patients, this is a terrifying moment. We called our Doc at Nemours, heard back from him within minutes, and headed over the the local ER to have some tests run.

To make a (very) long story short, Gracie has RSV. RSV is a yucky respiratory virus that can wreak havoc on delicate lungs and a beand new immune system. Needless to say, we are none to thrilled with this new hurdle to jump. On the other hand, Gracie's cell counts are pretty good, and we have some great doctors here and in Minnesota who we know we can call on at anytime. Anyway, we were sent home with a prescription for a nebulizer (for treating the virus when it starts getting nasty and causing cough and wheezing and stuff)and instructions to call our doctor first thing in the morning. Yikes.

So to our loyal friends and readers out there, I ask you to pray for this case of RSV to be mild and for God to strengthen and protect Gracie's lungs from attacks by this icky virus. Pray for quick healing and strong white cells to fight it off. Pray for protection from fevers and illness.

God, please protect my precious baby.

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