Several weeks ago I told our good readers about Abigail Morgan, a precious one-year-old of Christ the Word. Some of you have remembered Abigail in prayer as she underwent chemotherapy preparatory to receiving a bone marrow transplant for leukemia.
Abigail had the transplant a week ago and is now in the thick of issues surrounding that transplant--issues which will likely tell the story of the transplant's success. Today Abigail was moved into the intensive care unit of the University of Michigan's Mott Children's Hospital.
Her mother, Julie, writes:
Abbie continues to have a rough time. She might have VOD (venous-occlusive-disease) which can be caused by the chemo she received for her transplant. What that means is that her liver is backing up with fluid and not working properly. She also might have sepsis (an infection in her blood that causes massive inflammation). She also continues to need a lot of transfusions because her platelets count remains low. Needless to say, she is pretty sick. The doctors have decided to send her down to the ICU for closer monitoring and more aggressive medical management of her fluid status. They are going to try more aggressive drugs to get the fluid off and if that doesn't work then they will try dialysis (which will mean yet another IV access site). I will write more later but remember none of this is a surprise to God and she continues to rest in the Shadow of the Almighty's wing.
We rest our hope in those sheltering wings. Join Christ the Word in remembering Abbie, Darren and Julie, and big sister Eliana in prayer over the next few days in particular. A blog with updates on Abigail can be found here.
