His doctor says that whatever this is it is caused by a virus (like a cold virus) that affected his liver adversely. Obviously, it's rare. They still do not know exactly what virus has caused it. I just hope it never happens again! He will have a slow recovery at home. The doctor said it will take a month or maybe more. But we are just so happy that it appears he will recover, because just a couple of days ago that was in question.
He will be out of school until his jaundice goes away. The doctor thinks it will take 2-3 weeks for that to happen. In the meantime, we are hoping his liver enzymes continue to drop, that his bilirubin quits climbing and starts to drop, and that his liver inflammation goes down. Presently, his liver is still just as swollen as it was when this all started.
Today he is pretty sapped of energy and has napped all afternoon, so far. I'm just very grateful I get to bring my boy back home with me!
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So glad to hear this great news.
I'm glad he's almost half way better than he was! But still - those number are crazy! are they putting him in bili lights?
Well, I hope you get to go home SOON! What a rough few days for everyone in your family!
Yeah! I'm glad that things are looking up.
Wonderful news. I'll continue to keep him in my prayers!
Kari,
We have been out of town so I just found out about Kyle. How scary for you. I am so glad that he is doing better and I hope he gets to go home soon. You're in our prayers.
Oh Kari, I am sooo glad to hear the news. I am glad that he is getting better!
What a crazy virus! I'm so glad you might get to go home - hopefully it will keep improving as expected and he'll be just as good as new.
Thank you for taking the time to keep us updated. Our family has been praying for him and will continue to do so. I'm very happy to hear he is improving!
I was behind on reading your blog and I was just able to read your last few entries. I am so sorry your boy has had to go through all of this and as a mom you have been through a lot too. I am glad things are getting better.
Oddly enough I had a similar problem a few years ago. I was pregnant with my daughter and was having horrible upper right quadrant pain. Everyone told me it was typical pregnancy pain so I ignored it for a while until it became unbearable. After running tests my liver enzymes were through the roof ( cant remember the exact numbers) and I had an enlarged liver. They ran so many tests on me and they still could not figure it out. Everything returned to normal withing 2 months or so and I have not had a problem since. They too chalked it up to a virus although they didnt know exactly what virus.
Hope he continues to feel better:)
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