64. That’s it. Her platelet count only went up 2,000. The docs were hoping to see at least in the 70s this morning. “At least it didn’t go down.” They are going to test her again tomorrow morning. If she can’t get into the 80s by Friday, they are going to “sit down and reevaluate” the situation including possibly another IVIg treatment or perhaps a platelet transfusion from me.
I didn’t share this yesterday because I didn’t want to get my hopes up, but yesterday, the docs were so excited with the 21-point jump that they told us that it looked like we could bring Hannah home either today or tomorrow — expecting another big jump today. They even said to make an appointment with Dr. B (our pediatrician) for Friday for followup. They never said this was going to happen for sure, but they were “guardedly optimistic.” In the back of my mind, with our history of infertility and adoption, I really wanted to believe it, but both Daddy and I had the mentality of “we’ll believe it when we see it.” Sure enough, this morning’s numbers changed things…
They are going to release her when she gets to 80 to 85. So, if for some miracle (which I hope God is listening) she can get to 80 by Friday, they will release her that afternoon. We are grateful they are lowering the threshold from 100, their initial release level. We aren’t sure why, but one of the NPs made the comment about knowing Daddy & I will keep her safe and take it easy with her until she gets up higher…I guess Daddy & I going to the NICU 3 to 6 hours a day, every day, shows them how much we care about her.
Fortunately, I was able to be there for her 5 PM feeding, thanks to Eduoard fizzling out on us. I only spent less than 90 minutes there, but that was good enough for me. Today, the NICU is closed from 2 PM to 5 PM (which is her two feeding times, ironically) in addition to their normal shift-change closure, so my time is going to be limited again today. But that’s okay, I’m going to head out in a little bit to spend the morning with her.
Oh yeah, more positive news, her spleen is looking much better. It is not as hard and enlarged as it was, and the NP told Daddy this morning that it has even started softening (the way it should be). So, perhaps, whatever the situation was, the spleen needed time to repair itself which MAY have something to do with her platelet count situation.
I hope we can at least get into the 70s tomorrow (the 80s would be better, but I’m not going to push it!).
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