Another Hospital Stay!

Well, here we are again at UNC Children's Hospital. We came to WakeMed around 5 am on Sunday morning because Lauren could not maintain her blood sugar levels and we couldn't figure out why. They ran bloodwork on her and when they came back, they were all whacked out and her white blood cell count was dangerously low (which means she was susceptible to anything that was out there)! Late that night, they came in and told me that her blood culture came back positive which meant she had an infection in her port a cath line that had gotten into her blood stream which explained why her labwork was so bad. They immediately started her on IV antibiotics and 24 hours later they ran another set of labs and they looked a lot better. We transferred over to UNC Childrens the next night as we knew this was going to be a 2 week hospital stay and we wanted to be where Lauren's doctors are. We were blessed to get the big corner room with lots of space so that made Mom happy as well. While we are here they are also doing her dhe treatment to get her migraines under control and checking out Lauren's nutrition labs as she continues to lose weight and she cannot afford to lose any. We are working hard to correct that. All in all, things are going well and we are happy to have wonderful doctors who look after Lauren and take care of any issues that arise. Below is a picture of my sleeping beauty with her mask on. She wears that when she has a headache and doesn't feel well to block out any light. She is a much loved young woman over here at UNC and we feel the Lord's blessings on our family greatly. We are thankful for the many prayers in our behalf and all the support we get. We are a truly blessed family and have much to be grateful for! Thank you all for loving Lauren like you do..she feels your love and support and it means the world to her!