The ups and downs continue

Perhaps on a slightly different level, but the days in the ICU have been similar to the past several weeks in one notable way. There have certainly been ups and downs. Becky’s had some good days (relatively speaking) and some not so good days. The CRRT machine seems to be doing its job of providing some relief to her kidneys. However, her white blood cell count ticked up again today so we’re doing another battery of tests to make sure there is no infection.

After a couple pretty rough days earlier in the week, Becky was pretty alert and even a little chipper while visiting with Brittany, Brian and Courtney this weekend. Some days she’s eating OK, and some days not so much. That’s probably one of the biggest things she needs to focus on right now - getting enough nutrition and protein into her body so she doesn’t end up on a feeding tube.

In the meantime we continue to wait and pray that a matching donor is found.