Colleen Admitted
Colleen was admitted today to Mott Hospital for continued vomiting and dehydration.
posted by MarkAndSusan at 8:02 PM
Colleen was transplanted at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan. DAY ZERO was September 2, 2005.
posted by MarkAndSusan at 8:02 PM
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Colleen's biopsy results are back, while she does NOT have Graft vs. Host disease, the news isn't very good either. Her digestive tract is very assulted. She has what "Looks Like" Crohn's disease, but the docs are quick to point out that with her immune suppression and BMT, it may not actually be Crohn's. It is likely she had an infection (C-diff in late September) and her digestive tract never recovered. And that interfers with absorption of the nutrition (explains her difficulty to gain weight). She is being treated for Crohn's disease with steroids, and also several medications that she had been weaned down on or had been discontinued (part of her BMT protocol) are being started again. In addition, her diarrhea cultured positive for another infection, roto virus (sp?), probably what made her sick with vomiting which began last Sunday. COLLEEN is a VERY SICK little girl. She is being "hydrated" and IV nutrition has been started again. In addition, to make certain they have looked at her digestive tract as best they can, she has another procedure scheduled. An "upper GI" barium xray study, so that they can see her entire intestines with the radio-opaque dye, is Friday at 11:30 AM.
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