We had scheduled an appointment for today for Marissa last week, just a check up with our regular pediatrician to make sure everything was fine. A pretty typical appointment for all newly adopted children. Well, last night Marissa had a very bloated stomach, so bloated that she looked like a child from Ethopia rather than Guatemala. She was complaining that it hurt. I also have noticed that the whites of her eyes have looked "dirty" to me, not yellow but just not white. Well, the doctor today said her eyes are yellow and she is concerned about her liver. They took four vials of blood and we should know the results on Monday or Tuesday. Of course, that means I get to fret all weekend long. I wasn't even going to post this on the blog, but after putting her to sleep tonight and holding her so tenderly in my arms, my heart ached to think something seriously could be wrong with her and I need more people than just our immediate family to be praying for positive results on Monday or Tuesday. We can not trust any of our medical reports from Guatemala as they had her listed as being 6 pounds heavier and 8 centimeters taller than she really is. So today Kaiser gave her four shots and she will need two more on Monday then in one month we will have more blood work to see where her vaccination levels are and to see if we need to give more. We are collecting stool samples over the weekend as well. I am hoping that she has some parasite that is causing this and it is easy to treat! Marissa has gained one pound four ounces since last Friday. The doctor said we were feeding her too much, so now we have to cut back on all the leche (milk) we were giving her and reduce some of her portions. I gave her a half of piece of bread today that I just cut in half. She still thought she was getting two pieces and seemed happy with it.
Please just keep her in your thoughts and prayers over the weekend. She is a sweetie!
Friday, July 13, 2007
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2 comments:
i hope it is just parisites too but will be praying and putting her on our prayer list at church tomorrow...love you guys
I'm glad you posted. God will hear the prayers of the many for Marissa.
Gail
adopting Johanna Faith
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