We're celebrating that Austin has completed a week of outpatient treatment and is looking at having a TWO day break from going to the hospital or having his blood drawn. Yeah! He has been on the every other day plasma treatment regime for this week and we're very pleased that his numbers have continued to stablize, some even in the normal range! His hemoglobin and his white blood cell count continue to lag BUT today they didn't drop further behind. His swollen legs and ankles have also gone down as he dropped 16 pounds from Monday to Friday. :) Even though he is still frustrated by having a catheter in his chest and feeling like he has less muscle tone than his mother, we feel cautiously optimistic as we see some things returning to "normal".
Austin will meet with his doctor (who has been on vacation this week) on Monday morning to get his perspective on where we go from here. Austin is so ready to go back to work and just be normal so it's hard to be patient. Thank you for your many encouraging words and prayers. We continue to pray for complete healing and trust that God knows exactly what Austin needs.
Amen...here's to being normal (and losing 16 lbs in a week) !
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