Saturday, March 7, 2015

Update on Keira - Discharged! - March 7

So as of yesterday, we were hoping that there was no infections detected, Keira's vital signs would remain stable, and that her neutrophil counts would be trending back up.  And today, we met all of these conditions and Keira was discharged from the hospital.  

There was no specific source of infection identified, but based on how the fever and cough presented itself, the doctors believe that it was some kind of viral infection (vs bacterial).  And there are literally thousands of viruses and the tests only detect a handful.  

The important thing is that Keira is feeling better and her neutrophil counts are continuing to trend back in the right direction.  They're still lower than normal, but very close to being out of the 'severe' range.  We will do another blood test on Tuesday and hope that this trend will continue.

Keira is back at home and playing with her sister Akemi -- they clearly both missed each other and it's great to see things return to normal, albeit crazy to think that just a couple days ago things were in a dramatically different place.  Makes you grateful for the things you have. 

Thanks again for everyone's love and support through this ordeal...we hope we won't have to go through it again.

Naveen + Crystal