Day 41

So today was a little bit scary, Abby had a good night but her labs this morning were elevated. The labs that were elevated were the ones that show liver damage. All the numbers were quite a bit higher than they were the day before. So this really concerned the doctors. They thought that it could be a few things that were causing the numbers to be higher. One of which was a blood clot in the hepatic artery, a clog or leak in the bial duct or an infection. We were all worried and frustrated. But the thing that we were wondering about was that procedure she had yesterday. One doctor told me that her liver could just be reacting to being bothered a bit during the procedure. This seemed the most logical because of the timing of everything. So they had ultrasound come up to check blood flow. Two radiology techs came in and tried to find the areas of worry. They found everything flowing normally except they couldn't seem to see the hepatic artery. So they went and got the resident radiologist. She found some areas of the artery but not the whole thing. So they called in the Head radiologist to try. They needed to figure things out fast because if it was a blood clot it needed to be treated with in 24 hours. So they were calling in the Calvary's to figure it out. The radiologist came in and was able to find the arterial flow just fine. It was a little restricted but nothing to suggest a clot. The most likely cause is swelling of the pancreas from the procedure was probably putting pressure on the artery. Plus some of the enzymes a liver puts out when it is injured are the same as the pancreas. So the elevated numbers could have been from the pancreas.
So for now they will just watch her closely. But she is doing well her pain is under control and she seems at ease with everything that went on today. She is a strong girl I don't know if I could handle everything she has had to go through.
The best part of the day was spending 6 hours with Abby talking to her and watching movies. I love the fact that all of us siblings are so close we love to just talk to each other. Even before this trial we were all very close, we couldn't ask for a better family.