New Update on Parker Hodson

Here is an update on Parker Hodson from Tammy:

I talked to Reed a couple of hours ago. It was a pretty rough night, but everybody made it through. :) They had to Parker on his trach mask because the vent was really drying out his lungs and making him cough. We don't want him to be doing a ton of deep coughing. Deep coughing can blow out that new Nissen. The trach mask offers up more humidity, but his O2 levels plummet when he's on it. So it is kind of a trade off.

The doctor told Reed to expect things to get worse before they get better. However we are hoping that yesterday morning was the worst. I can't imagine anything worse than watching your kid turn blue as you are rushing him to the ER.

The really big concern right now is that his bone marrow is doing funky things. His platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells are really off. This could be because of the RSV. RSV has been known to muck with the bone marrow. Or, there is a possibility that this could be the early signs of cancer. *faint* Kids with Down syndrome are at a much higher rate for Leukemia. Obviously, we are praying that this funky blood work is due to the RSV and NOT Leukemia.

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