Day +8 …the downhill slide continues

Kimbell has been steadily declining over the last few days, specifically the last 24 hours.  The mucositis has gotten so bad that she can’t hardly talk, won’t eat, can’t swallow, etc.  She’s now on TPN (IV food), a pain drip with bolus bumps every 10-20 minutes, and a host of other medications.  The pain meds keep having to be increased […]

Day +7 – Morning Update

Good morning everyone. A quick update on Kimbell for you… Kimbell’s oxygen stats haven’t recovered so the docs put here on an oxygen “blow-by”, which just blows pure oxygen towards her face from the bedside area. This seems to be working as her stats have been hovering around 94-96% now! Apparently the mucocidus (not sure how to spell it) is […]

Day +6 – Bonus Update!

haha.  had to rope ya in with a catchy title 🙂 Wanted to just post one last update before we hopefully retire for the evening.  Kimbell’s oxygen stats have been steadily dropping and are now consistently hovering around 89-90%…  Please say big giant prayers that it clears quickly and that her lungs are not problematic. Thank you all so much. […]

Day +6

Well the last two days have unfortunately been quite eventful.  Kimbell’s pain continues to increase, which is expected, and the BMT team is incredible at keeping up with it.  We are extremely thankful for that!  The last two days have been filled primarily with sleep with her waking up to get a bolus and going back to sleep.  We have […]

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