Update 1-25

Hello all,
We wish we had better news. Shortly after our previous post, Faith's condition began to worsen. We went from the anxiety and excitement of her homecoming to talk of surgery, dialysis, and eventual kidney transplant.

Faith's kidney function has declined. and she has started to retain fluid. She is not peeing well and her creatinine and BUN are up. The excess fluid is hindering her breathing, so she has been reintibated. Her condition has deteriorated to the point where she is having severe bronchial spasms that cause her breathing and heart to stop. She has been resuscitated several times in the last few days. The cause of this change is not known. We are hoping the cause is an infection of some sort. That would likely allow her kidneys to improve again. The kidney specialists believe it to be just a worsening of her kidneys. We are to meet with them again in a day or two. It is likely they will be recommending Peritonneal Dialyis(PD) for her. There is a link on the main blog page describing the process. If the PD is started on her, she will be in the hospital for another 6-8 weeks minimum. The PD comes with many risks including infections and punctured bowel. She would also likely need the PD every day until she receives a kidney transplant. She cannot be put on the transplant list until she is one year old and 22 lbs.

We will try to keep you updated
Thank you for all the prayers.

Todd and Michelle