Thursday, May 21, 2009

Quick Update

A quick update on Spencer from Daddy.  He had an exchange transfusion early this morning, where they basically replaced all of his blood.  After the transfusion, his bilirubin levels were down, but they are tracking them every six hours to detect any more spikes.  He is doing well overall, and the doctors are working to "tweak" his blood chemistry while he is still under the lights to break down the bilirubin still in his system.  Hopefully this worked and his bilirubin will increase more slowly and at an acceptable rate and no more exchange transfusions will be needed.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, and we will keep you updated! 

3 comments:

Christine:) said...

I've been thinking about you guys all day! Hope everything continues to go smoothly and that he won't need any more transfusions. Congratulations again:)
C:)

Megs said...

Way to go Spencer! You guys continue to be in our prayers....

Katie said...

Glad to hear the news- we'll keep on praying things continue to improve!