So we don't know what will happen with Abby yet. She may be home tomorrow evening or she may have to stay at the hospital for a few more days. Abby's immune system is non existent right now. Her white blood count is lower than 1 so they are worried she has a virus called CMV. She also had a big pocket of fluid in her abdomen that isn't draining well. So they are culturing her blood to see if she has CMV if she does she will have to have another line put in for IV antivirals. So that would mean she would have to stay at the hospital. They are also putting a new drain in to see if they can get rid of more of the fluid that is making her stomach hurt. They will also look at the fluid to make sure she doesn't have an infection. So if the drains work and the fluid doesn't have any infection in it and if her blood cultures come back ok, they will let her go home tomorrow.
Her primary Dr who is her liver doctor thinks it is best for her to get out of the hospital because of risk of infection is high because of her compromised immune system. So he is pushing to let her go home.
If Abby does come home everyone who comes in the house will need to wear a mask. She will also have to go get labs drawn very often to check her blood counts and her drug levels. So that is where we stand right now. So we won't know anything till tomorrow afternoon. So we pray that Abby will stay well and not get any infections and that she can go home where she will get better!
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