we also had some great news today at my OBGYN appointment, our little twin girl is looking better, Her anemia is back to normal levels, she still has a lot of fluid surrounding her organs but that should clear up as her body gets the oxygen it needs.
Our twin boy is still struggling and his anemia is actually worse. I am meeting with the doctors on Thursday and if he isn't improving we will prepare to do a blood transfusion on Friday.
There isn't much research to prove that the benefits of doing transumbilical transfusions outweigh the risk of the procedure so the doctors want to wait to see if the babies recover on their own. The improvement in the girl is encouraging and we suspect that since she was looking worse last week that maybe she was just a bit further progressed in the viral illness and that the boy will soon follow. There is a 5% risk of death with transfusions which doubles with twins so it's all kind of risky business but we are taking it all pretty well, as usual. We thank everyone for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.
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Thanks for the updates. Glad there is some good news, and some hope. Waiting anxiously to hear more. Thinking about you guys...
Oh, and CONGRATS on being cancer free still!!! That's fantastic news.
That is awesome news! You and the little ones are still in our prayers.
I'm so glad you updated us. We've been praying for you and glad to hear that our prayers are being answered and that things are look good. We will be anxious to hear more! Have fun with your bunny...I'm not sure if I want to tell Jeff about the "good fertilizer tip", we'd probably have our own bunny.
SOOOO thinking of you guys! hoping for the best! thanks for keeping your blog updated :) miss you guys!
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