We got a call from Dr. K today and he gave us the info about Aiden's latest blood work. Just to re-cap his situation.... they would like to see Aiden's platelet count be 150+ On October 16th when Aiden got so sick his platelet level was 128 and then at 4am the next morning it had dropped to 64 and that's when thins really got scary. They weren't telling us much then and couldn't make any promises or guarantees on if he was going to pull through or not. It wasn't just his platelets that landed him in the NICU though - his chest x-ray was awful and his white blood cell count was very high. Anyway, that was the worst time for us. We didn't know if we would ever be taking our son home. As the antibiotics started to really do their job, his chest x-rays started to improve and the blood cell counts were improving and the platelet's were still an issue. If he were to bleed internally for any reason, we would be in a world of trouble. So the next reading was 86 followed a few days later by a 98 and that was headed in the right direction and then he dropped just a little to 92 - that was the day we brought him home. Two days ago they drew more blood and we got a call with the results today - 135!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!!! He is moving in the right direction.
He has another appointment on Monday and we hope that things continue to improve :)
3 comments:
I'm so glad to hear that things are looking up! Thinking about you guys a lot up here. I can't WAIT to meet the little guy...and see you two as well, I guess. :)
Our thoughts are with you guys and here's to Aiden making great strides! That is a lot of work for such a little body. Gabe is looking forward to a play date with you, Aiden. Lucy is happy to supervise and give directions.
That is AWESOME...what a little fighter! We will continue to pray. He sure is a little cutie!
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