Monday, November 15, 2004

Kaelyn had to be readmitted last week for diarrhea and vomiting. We think she just had the stomach flu. But because of her clogged bile duct, the doctors wanted to make sure she didn't have an infection or was going into rejection. After being in the hospital for 5 days they finally let her go because all of the test were negative. Thank heavens!

We do have some not so great news though. The surgeons are considering relisting Kaelyn for a second transplant if the blockage in her bile ducts do not correct themselves. Normally they could place a drain and the ducts would usually clear up and start functioning properly. But because of the thrombosis (clot) in her hepatic artery, they don't believe that the drains would be a permanent solution for the bile duct issue. We basically are just waiting to see if her liver will some how compensate for the loss of blood flow from the artery. Dr Healey, our surgeon, has said that is some cases this is possible. So please pray our girls liver to be able to compensate for this.

Thank you all for your love and concern. We will keep you updated.

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