Oh no! My heart goes out to you. Please give your daughter our love and best wishes.
Much love to you too.
Robyn
Prayers for my daughter, Ali, not a good update
by coffee_black 76 Replies latest jw friends
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flipper
COFFEE BLACK- My god dear lady. I'm so sorry . My wife and I send hugs and loving thoughts you and your daughter's way. We are with you in spirit my friend. Sincerely, Mr. & Mrs. Flipper
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blondie
CB, so sorry to hear about you daughter. We know what is like to have serious ups and downs with one's health. It can change so fast. Here's to lower sugars and a successful operation.
Blondie and Irreverent
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mouthy
Will keep it in prayer
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VIII
Coffee and Ali I hope and wish you both the best. My thoughts are with you.
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cantleave
Wishing you the best.
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White Dove
I'm so sorry to hear this.
Hope things work out much better, and fast.
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Giordano
Plenty of love and hugs coming at you. Please keep us informed.
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coffee_black
The surgery to reattach Ali's lead will happen on Friday. Her blood sugar is too high at the moment to do it today. The doctor is puting her on insulin short term, until it comes down enough. It is probably due to stress, and she did have bronchitis... and any infection in the body can cause blood sugar to skyrocket.
Good news though. Her EF is between 15 and 37 according to the results of two tests...so he feels it is somewhere in between, probably about 25... not the 8 that they told her on her last visit...which is why I've been beside myself this past week or so. And that is without the pm...it has been off for at least a week. I know it's not great, but it's a heck of a lot better than it was before. I am soooo relieved. The dr. thinks that she will improve quickly once the pm is going again. He told her that this means a transplant is not as urgent as they thought.
I've also been reading about stem cell use in heart patients. It looks extremely promising. It can restore damaged tissue in the heart...and since she is also a type 2 diabetic, it can also restore damaged pancreas tissue. They do it in Europe and there is also a center in Texas. They use her own stem cells, harvested from bone marrow in the hip. So once the surgery is done on Friday... I'm going to do an intensive investigation of that therapy. There appears to be no side effects.
I haven't been able to breathe...or sleep since this recent crisis started, but I think I will sleep well tonight. My boyfriend gave me a big glass of wine... and I've almost finished it. I am truly feeling a bit more hopefull now.
She sounded so much better, and positive, when I talked to her a little while ago.
Thankyou for all your prayers and thoughts...
Coffee
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Retrovirus
Thanks for the update; sounds hopeful! And do keep taking care of yourself too.
