(Sorry, no time to post any pictures today)
Hello everyone,
Just thought I would bring you up to speed on what is currently happening with Kelley.
Bumingrad has been great for Kelley. She arrived and stayed with her friends the first night, then went to the hospital the next morning for her scheduled appointment. She was expecting out patient care, but after meeting with the doctor for a short time, he was concerned enough that he admitted her right away. She has been there ever since.
There was concern about her kidneys, but all came back well other than they said what ever has been going on has been very hard on her kidneys. They have run many tests and have basically just been ruling things out. There is a whole team of doctors trying to figure this out. Over the last few days they have progressed from X-rays, to ultra-sound, to a CT-scan. All came back clear except the CT-scan revealed a few spots in her lungs, but doctors are not overly concerned about them (they said they are not cancer or anything like that, but they're still check them out). They are saying that her digestive system was really hit hard through all of this and is still out of whack. Even though many major possibilities have been ruled out (PTL), they are still not satisfied with the fact that her digestive system is not yet operating normally. Most likely it's just trying to heal and needs time, but the doctors aren't taking any chances and so this morning they are doing a colonoscopy and endoscopy. We are feeling good just knowing that they are being very thorough with this.
Over all her spirits are good. The friends in Bangkok have been absolutely wonderful. They have brought her flowers and spent time each evening with her. Its hard for me not to be with her right now (and at the first sign of complication I would jump on a plane), but we believe this is the right thing.
Isaac is fairly unfazed by the whole thing (is that just being 15?). He's just ready to be done with school, but of course, he does talk to his mom and ask how she is when we are Skyping.
We were originally thinking (hoping?) that she would be able to return on Friday, but we have cancelled that reservation due to doctors saying they want more time to check this out.
Please continue pr'ying for her.
I'll keep you posted.
