We are still here at the hospital. Thank you for your fasting and prayers. It has been a very spiritual and humbling experience to have so many fasting and praying on behalf of our son, who we love so much! After a very dark feeling all week, I felt like the light started to break through on Saturday and especially Sunday with the fasting.
Kyle's numbers are starting to come down. His liver enzymes were lowered yesterday and even more today - one of the levels is 2000, and the other is 2800. That is a good sign! His bilirubin was down for the first time since all this started, yesterday! It was down again today - it reached a high on Saturday of 17 and it is down to 12 today. By the way, a normal bilirubin count is less than 1.
His blood clotting factors have come down just 1 point (nothing yesterday and 1 point today). But it is progress in the right direction! The doctor is waiting for that to come down to do the biopsy. The thought is still that this is caused by Auto Immune attacking his liver. Likely something to do with the thyroid.
We got to attend Church yesterday here at the hospital - they had a short, but very wonderful, 30 minute Sacrament Meeting. It was so refreshing! (Only in Utah could you get SM in the hospital!) Then afterward, at my request, 2 women from a hospital branch primary presidency came and gave Kyle a short little primary lesson. (They offered this during the SM - that anyone who wanted it could just let them know and they'd send them to your child's room.)
My 2 favorite parts of the day were hearing Kyle sing "I am a Child of God" with the 2 impromptu Primary Teachers and having Laren and the kids come for the afternoon. I think this fast was the easiest one I've ever done, ironically. Even though I've never fasted for a more serious purpose, and I didn't think it would be hardly possible here in the hospital. But again, your prayers, I believe pulled me through.
Off to take a nap!
11 comments:
So glad to hear the good news.. hope you hear more and more of the same.
Kari,
I am so sorry to read about Kyle. You are at a really great hospital. One of the best! They will take good care of him. Hang in there! They will figure everything out. We are praying for you and your family. Love ya!
Hallelujah! I am thrilled with the progress! I hope this last weekend marked the peak and everything goes downhill (in a good way) from here. Still praying . . .
I'm so glad to hear things are looking better. Yay! I hope they continue in this direction and he's home soon. Thanks for updating us.
That's wonderful news!! I have to say I got a bit teary reading about the Primary Presidency giving him a little lesson and singing "I am a Child of God" with him. I'm still keeping him in my prayers!
You sound very uplifted and positive in this post! Sounds like a wonderful Sunday, even though it wasn't in the best circumstances. That is so neat they have church at the hospital! I'm so happy to hear that Kyle's numbers are going in the right direction. We will continue to pray for all of you.
That is SO cool that they had primary for him at the hospital! Incredible! We continue to pray that he quickly recovers!
aren't our friends wonderful. I too felt their spirit on sunday. I will continue to hold Kyle in my prayers till he is out making snowmen with his sisters. Yes UT is a wonderful place to have the church at your doorstep.
Love ya and miss ya
Marlee.
I am so glad to here all of his labs are heading in the right direction. What a blessing to be in Utah and to have been able to participate in Sacrament Meeting in the hospital. You are right, that really is the only place on earth that could happen:)
I'm just now reading all this for the first time {all that you and your sweet Kyle have been dealing with for the past week plus...} So sorry to hear...
It sounds like he is getting good care...
You are in my thoughts and prayers...
Great to hear the news! Hopefully they will be able to find out what is causing this. That is amazing to have SM in the hospital...you certainly wouldn't get that in a Denver hospital!
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