Four Month Liver Lab Results
Greetings to everyone.
Rebecca is recovering from her cold, and is on the upward swing. Thank You, Jesus! It was short-lived thanks to prayer, zinc, sleep, Thera-Flu, sleep, prayer, sleep. Xavier helped out during the worst part of the cold by sleeping longer and not being too fussy.
We wondered (after the fact, of course) the wisdom of getting Xavier's inoculations at a time when one parent had a compromised system. Was it good timing or poor timing?
Xavier has been a little sluggish since yesterday afternoon. This was expected due to his inoculations. He was in some pain yesterday, we think the sera sitting in his thighs and the lasting sting of the four pokes were the cause. When we laid him on his stomach or strapped him in to his swing (the belt crosses over the thigh area where the shots were given), he would scream a piercing, glass-shattering shriek! It was a definite new noise for him.
So, after consulting with his pediatrician, we introduced Xavier to Infant Ibuprofen. It may have helped. He got two doses six hours apart. After the second dose, he slept so deeply, Rebecca thought he might be dead! It was that sleep where the baby is limp and unresponsive and you can't wake him up easily. He was breathing well, but for a while Rebecca worried we should get him to an emergency center. Most likely he was so tired from a traumatic day (he is still quite tiny), five vaccinations, one blood draw and Ibuprofen.
He returned to normal today and has been alert and happy. In fact, he has been awake for hours and his current fussiness is due to his fighting going to sleep (that, and a little gas)!
We got the lab results for his liver today. His hematocrit number I don't have, except to report it has improved. His direct bilirubin measure is 1.1 (the last test was 1.5), also an improvement. This value still needs to drop much lower, but praise God, it's moving, and moving in the right direction!
Dr. Abbey will be examining his dosage of ursadall and will most likely increase the dosage. Xavier is growing, his liver is growing, so the dosage of ursadall may need to increase, for now. He may be on the ursadall another two months. Hopefully, at his six month checkup Xavier will no longer need it. (the ursadall augments his bile to help metabolize fat-soluble vitamins)
Awesome is our God!