Luna gave us a scare this morning. She was having trouble breathing from severe anemia, and then developed fluid in her lungs. We thought this was going to be it. They got the crash cart out and a station prepped. She looked really bad and was scared because she couldn't breathe. They put her in the ICU oxygen cage while they looked for a blood donor and tested to see if it was a match. She finally got her transfusion around 10:30 AM ET. To take care of the fluid in her lungs, they gave her a diuretic that had her peeing every 20 minutes. By the time we left at 6:00, her breathing slowed and looked close to normal. Still a little labored, but great compared to where we were this morning. There was some good news on the otherwise terrible day. They stopped her supplements, fluid/insulin drip, and everything else they had hooked up to her. All of her electrolyte tests were normal. They started lantus again at 1u. Her BG was over 500, but considering what she went through today, I'm not surprised. When we were leaving, they were taking her transfusion line off, so they only thing she still had on her was the feeding tube and some testing ports. Still not eating on her own but she was drinking a ton of water. Probably due to the high BG, the diuretic, and being in the oxygen cage. The doctor said there is no underlying condition causing this other than the complete metabolic breakdown that comes along with DKA and all of those issues have been addressed. The electrolytes are stable. She's off fluids and insulin drip. She's getting 40ml of food from her feeding tube. Theoretically, the blood transfusion should fix the anemia since it was brought on by the lack of electrolytes and those are fixed. The diuretic and rest should take care of the fluid in her lungs. We're hopeful but tomorrow is Day 11 in the hospital, so we won't get too excited until she's home. A lot of test results coming in the morning. Hopefully we get some good news.
I am so sorry that you, your wife and Luna have been through another rough day. Continued thoughts and prayers to all of you . You are all SO strong!! May you get the much needed break tomorrow with some good test results.
Poor Luna she would have been frightened not being able to breathe but so glad it has been resolved. You must have been frightened too. As Sienne said, no-one needs that type of excitement.
OMG! Just seeing this news. I a SO sorry you all had to go through that awful scare. But very relieved to hear dear Luna came through once again! Continued prayers & vines headed your way. Thank you so much for keeping us all updated. J.J. (Proud member of Team Luna)
Poor little Luna Dan, you and your wife are wonderful! Your little girl really wants to be back with you; never seen a fighter like her going through all this! She is SO LUCKY to have you both!
OMG! Poor Luna. Feel so badly for her beans too. I've been traveling and am just catching up. Luna is a fighter...sounds like she's been thru so much. I sure hope she makes a full recovery and is home soon. Sending strong healing vines and prayers to all of you.
Luna is such a fighter, and so lucky to have you both as her parents! Thinking of you all with love, Nikki
