truly wish I could give you better news today, but Sophia is going through a bump on the road right now. Several specialists saw her yesterday. The hematologist is doing tests, checking her blood for, among other things, any blood condition that may be causing the blood clots. Because of the considerable swelling on her head a blood clot farther down was suspected so the cardiologist did tests to check for that. He didn’t find any, thank goodness!. Another concern was that the spinal fluid showed blood. They are still waiting for results on that test; that will also tell them if there are any infections that may be causing her to have a fever. Another CAT scan was done yesterday, and we were blessed with the news that there were no hemorrhages or a worsening in the blood clots. They are still there but unchanged. They decided to give her the next dose of blood thinning medication. We need to pray that it will work without farther complications, since at this point they are not sure if that may be a reason for the blood in the spinal fluid. Earlier in the afternoon her face was extremely swollen, it was heart wrenching to watch. By last night the swelling had gone down, she still couldn’t open her eyes, but it was much better. As Dr. Nichols said, they were not sure why, but it had gone down. As you can see, there are a lot of un-knowns, waiting for results of tests, etc. The main worry right now are the blood clots. One day at a time, let’s pray that today will be a better one. God bless you all, Daniela
In you, O Lord, we place our trust.
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