What a difference a week makes...

So last Thursday things were looking pretty grim and we were all very scared. But today things are looking up in a big way. I don't want to jinx it but Abby is on the mend. The doctors kind of freaked us all out last week when they started talking about all the possibilities with her CMV pneumonia. They wanted to move her to SICU and they were talking about an antibiotic that would take her kidney and having to intibate and all sorts of scary things. But my parents knew better they did not let them move her ti SICU. They did the immunoglobulin and it went well her last dose is today. She isn't needing as much oxygen anymore and her lungs sound really good. Her viral load is down that is the number that measures the virus in her blood it started at 6.8 it is now 4.5 so it is on the downward trend which is good. It means she is getting better which makes us happy.

She will have to stay on the antivirul until her viral load is down all the way. She is doing so good though she looks very good and she is eating a lot more then she has been. She still gags a lot and sometimes throws up but we have determined the cause is reflux so they are treating that.

Her drains are getting a lot of stuff out of her stomach which is very good. And on Sunday her stomach where her incision is opened up a little bit and more of that fluid leaked out everywhere. This was a little alarming for Abby she was on a walk when it started leaking. But the doctors are actually glad that the "stuff" in her abdomen was finding an out.

Abby has been walking a lot and is not as sick as she has been . So yet again we proved the doctors wrong. She is a fighter and she proved that once again. She isn't out of the woods yet but we can see the light through the trees. The doctors think she can go home by Monday we aren't holding are breath but are hoping for the best.

Abby has been through more than I any of us can imagine and she has stayed strong and doesn't complain much. I hope this journey will come to an end soon in a happy way. I feel like it is she has had so many complications but hopefully those are done.

She still would love visitors it helps break up the day she is in room 5206 at the U. It helps my parents too they need the distraction. And once she gets home they may need some help if anyone can sit with Abby for a few hours during the week let us know that would be a big help for my parents.

We are in awe of all the love and support we have received from our friends and family. We thank you for the prayers on our behalf. We have the best friends and family out there.

Please keep Abby in your prayers so she can continue to get well. Prayers work and she is the proof!