Today has been a busy day with many doctors in and out. The main problem right now is that the triglycerides in Evangeline’s blood are extremely high. She cannot go home while they are really high. The doctors are not entirely sure why they are so high. There is an apheresis procedure that can attempt to bring them down. Unfortunately she cannot be fit into the schedule until Tuesday afternoon. Then the doctors will need to monitor her for another 48 hours after that.
From the conversations surrounding all the digging to try and determine the issue we seem to have ruled out a drug interaction.
One other emerging thought is that at the forefront of the discussions is an imbalance in Evangeline’s gut flora. She received a very heavy dose of antibiotics last time she was in the ER and this may have thrown off her ability to absorb nutrients probably. It is not entirely clear how they can “officially” determine if this is the case but it will continue to be investigated.
In this process Evangeline is not having any outward manifestations of seizure activity. She has, in fact, been seizure free for 5 days. Dad and Mom are curious if there is anything the medical team can learn from this experience about how Evangeline processes nutrients and any type of connection to seizure activity. Please pray with us about wisdom in this area.
Thank you for your continued support in prayer!!
Susan says:
Praying for wisdom and endurance for everyone.