by Mike C. » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:16 pm
Well...keep up the prayers. Just came from the hospital a minute ago and my sister is still there. She seems better, but she must have a rare disorder. Mayo Clinic flew a specialist down to our hospital to help her doctors. The have her on mega doses of steroids and some kind of new antibiotic that is like a $100.00 per pill. She is still yellow as a gourd, and they have done a liver biopsy and a bone marrow biopsy. They say it is not cancer, and her liver is not necrotic, but that it is some kind of autoimmune disorder. Her body is destroying red blood cells as fast as she can make them. And her potassium level is almost non-existent and her billirubin is 44 ml/Dl. Fromm what I understand, normal is about 2.5. They have been IVing potassium into her as fast as they can....I think she is on her 16th or 17th bag. Also IVing plasma.
They think it is a rare type of autoimmune hepatitis with some type of infection to go along with it. They seem stumped, which is why the specialist flew in. Sooooo.....please keep praying. Thanks.
Uncle M ( Mike )