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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Hello Everybody. Elijah had yet another good day today....it is so nice to have our smiling baby boy again!! His blood count is up to normal now. His hemoglobin is at 9.4 (was 7) and his platelets are at 276 (was 35). It is amazing how resilient his little body has been. Each day the doctors come in they have big smiles on their faces and tell us how astonished they are as to how quickly he has recovered on his own. He has to do a fasting test on Sunday night, into Monday for 18 hours. This is to make sure that if at some point he were to get sick and not eat for a period of time, the diazoxide (medication for his hyperinsulinism) will still be effective and keep his blood sugars at a stable level. If he passes this test, we could be coming home sometime next week! Joel and I were shown today how to give Elijah his shot of Lovenox, since we will be giving it to him twice a day once we are home. I practiced on a little block of rubber, and am scared out of my mind to give it to him for the first time. I chickened out this evening and had the nurse do it, but will do it in the morning. Overall, things are looking up, and there is a light at the end of the tunnel...finally!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

So extremely delighted! What an amazing baby & what an incredible witness you have given. Congratulations to you all!
Love,
Robin & family

Unknown said...

Practice on Joel.
Benjamin

Anonymous said...

Hi Joel, Eden & Elijah...

Great news our baby is doing so well! All our prayers, concern and love have been constantly with you every step of the way. Keeping up with you every day has been great to help ease our troubled hearts! Looking forward to having you home and back with us. There's lots of hugs waiting for you!!!

Love you,
Karen Peterson

Anonymous said...

That is such good news guys...i'm glad to hear that the little man is doing better each day...

love ya
Ian & Lauren