Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Awaiting an Imminent Arrival

We had high hopes for today but I guess giving birth to a new immune system can vary from person to person. Sharon’s white cell count is still 0.1 and no neutophils so we continue with the isolation and hand washing. Still no fevers or signs of infection touch wood. It feels like scatting on ice each day getting nearer to the edge of the pond, where you can be safe and worrying any minute the ice could break and you are going to have issues. On the menu today we have blood ordered to rectify a low hemoglobin and an infusion of platelets to get this clotting factor up. Sharon feels great and is being very patient.
Thanks for your support
Craig and Sharon

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

think of you two daily-you are in my daily prayers-love and kissess to both of you-love, pat bal

Sharon said...

Without you Pat and your help Shazza would not have had this chance of a new life, Cheers Craig and Sharon

Anonymous said...

Good to hear things are going according to plan,may that continue and you get to come home soon.

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