Better News!!!

Well I talked to the Dr. today and he said that in fact Spencer's heart is not failing. There are a few other reasons that he thinks his spleen and liver might be enlarging but the biggest one IS NOT ONE after all. He also said that he will transfuse slower the next time he transfuses Spencer just to try to keep those two things from getting any bigger.

The doctor is also trying to get Spencer over to a formula that they can give him 24 calories/oz of so he gets all the calories he needs to grow.

As far as the lungs go we are going to be bursting him with steroids once every 10 days. The burst will last for 3 days and there will be a taper period in there and then the 10 days will start after the last dose is completed.

The lungs are the piece that kind of ties the puzzle together. The thyroid tests came back that his thyroid is ok so that is good. His heart is ok which is also good. The lungs not working right can in some cases also cause heart arrythmias. The heart problem is being controlled now by medicine. The rounding doctor (Dr. Brasel) thinks everything else will get better when the lungs do and is trying to burst the lungs with the steroid so that they will get better and work more efficiently.

Well that's about all I can think of for now.

Oh yea, my mom found someone at church whose husband is down in texas taking care of some legal stuff to move into my apartment and help pay my rent so I won't have to go up there and pack out because I won't be getting out of my lease now.