Day 84!
Wow day 100 is quickly approaching!!
Things around here have been pretty quiet. John is healing, and Kimbell is well I’m not so sure to be honest. They backed off of her fluids for a couple of days and her kidney numbers went back up so I guess she will just be on IV fluids for a long time. Her counts continue to drop, I think this is the hardest on us because her counts had been doing so well after transplant. She got GCSF on Thursday and then again on Monday. Kimbell spent most of the weekend just lying around and sleeping a lot. I commented on it at clinic Monday and they said yep that would make sense her hemoglobin dropped two points over the weekend. That’s a significant drop. So she is scheduled for a transfusion tomorrow – I still don’t understand the logic in this. She dropped to 8.4 in two days so we are waiting 3 days to see if she is below 8 to get blood….
Yesterday I went and laid down next to her, I don’t think I have ever been so scared in my life. I keep replaying it in my head. She was out cold just sleeping on her back and all of a sudden started throwing up. The main problem being she didn’t wake up. It was so awful, I started screaming for John and poor Kimbell had vomit all over her face, her head, everywhere. I got her into the shower, mind you she is still out of it, and she says “mom what’s wrong with my eyes? I can’t blink!” Despite my best efforts with wipes to get the puke off of her head and face by the time that was done and she was wrapped to shower some of it had dried on her eye lashes 🙁 My poor baby!! She is also bruising which I haven’t seen in a long time, her platelet number is ok but a lot less than it was last month.
Hard to believe we could be going home in just over two weeks!!! Praying these are just slight bumps in the road and we get to go home!!
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Keep up the good fight. Praying
I don’t know what else to say but I love you guys and I’m sending infinite amounts of love and support. Think about you every day and hope things look up soon.
Sending Hugs and Prayers
Dianne
Love and prayers… H&B
Hi Kimbell, my name is Lisa and I met your Grandparents tonight. They told me what an amazing young lady you are and how strong you continue to be during your treatment. I was so touched by your story I decided to share it with my daughters. Janel is 23 and Jacquelynn is 14. Janel immediately texted me that you and her share the same birthday! I knew there was something special here.
We live in Prior Lake and I hope to meet you one day soon. We will keep you and your family in our prayers and thoughts and want you to know you have touched our lives!
We hope the sunshine tomorrow makes it a great day for you! Kind regards, Lisa
Paige Kimbell and Jon
Every day I say a prayer for yours when I pray with mine… I could never imagine the strength that all of you especially Kimbell have. She has the will… Keeping giving her that shoulder to lean on… And if you ever get tired know that there are many shoulders for you to lean on… Love to all of you.