Psalm 69:1-3
Please pray for Kyler.
Today at his weekly appointment with the pediatric oncologist they discovered that his blood counts have continued to drop. He is severely neutropenic. (see last blog entry for definition). His immune system is gone. There are no white blood cells in his body. Your immune system can’t be any more suppressed than his is right now. Our doctor told us his body has no defense against viral or bacterial attack.
They have admitted him to the hospital since he was running a mild fever and they were concerned he might be coming down with something. We don’t know how long he will be hospitalized. As of this writing, we are waiting for the results of some blood cultures to tell us whether or not he has contracted anything. The hope is to be able to combat any infection that has gained entrance to his body before it results in sepsis, an infection in the blood, which is life threatening.
He will be getting another transfusion as well to help raise his platelet and hemoglobin counts. The average persons platelet count is somewhere between 150,000 and 300,000 and Kyler’s is at 23,000. Sandie was concerned about some small red spots that had developed on Kyler’s chest and it turns out that when your platelet count is extremely low and a capillary bursts that the red dots appear.
Please pray for Sandie as well. The stress is taking a toll on her body. She is experiencing shortness of breath and tightness in her chest. I just got off the phone with her and it has gotten to the point where she is going to talk to one of the doctors about it.
Thank you for your continued support and prayer.
Darrell
Today at his weekly appointment with the pediatric oncologist they discovered that his blood counts have continued to drop. He is severely neutropenic. (see last blog entry for definition). His immune system is gone. There are no white blood cells in his body. Your immune system can’t be any more suppressed than his is right now. Our doctor told us his body has no defense against viral or bacterial attack.
They have admitted him to the hospital since he was running a mild fever and they were concerned he might be coming down with something. We don’t know how long he will be hospitalized. As of this writing, we are waiting for the results of some blood cultures to tell us whether or not he has contracted anything. The hope is to be able to combat any infection that has gained entrance to his body before it results in sepsis, an infection in the blood, which is life threatening.
He will be getting another transfusion as well to help raise his platelet and hemoglobin counts. The average persons platelet count is somewhere between 150,000 and 300,000 and Kyler’s is at 23,000. Sandie was concerned about some small red spots that had developed on Kyler’s chest and it turns out that when your platelet count is extremely low and a capillary bursts that the red dots appear.
Please pray for Sandie as well. The stress is taking a toll on her body. She is experiencing shortness of breath and tightness in her chest. I just got off the phone with her and it has gotten to the point where she is going to talk to one of the doctors about it.
Thank you for your continued support and prayer.
Darrell
| 3:49 PM
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We continue to pray for you and your families. God's love is surrounding you and we know that will help you through these difficult times.
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