Testing.. Testing and More Testing

Yesterday Brinleigh went through a battery of tests.  She has a high number on her CRP test (C-Reactive Protien). This number represents the presence of an acute infection or inflamation.  They are looking at body organs to see if they can locate the source of the infection or fungus. They did an echo on her heart which is came out fairly normal excpet for a small hole that is very common in 1-5 people and most people live very normal lives with it.  They scanned her adomen  and it appears normal after the surgery.  They looked at her Kidneys and found some spots but think its ok since she does urinate alot.  They will take a urine sample to test it further today.  The liver looks good but they need to start feeding her breast milk to get it used to working.  They discontinued the breast milk when she got sick so that her body would not spend to much energy on digesting the food and it could fight the infection.  They also did a brain scan which we all hate because of how it turned out with Maeleigh.  There is a dark area so they put her at a one which starts to freak out the entire family.  Her going from a zero to a one is very heart wrenching but the Dr's try to reasure us that it is nothing major.  Well considering it was a major reason we lost Maeleigh it worries us all. 

Today they will take different fluid and blood samples from many parts of her body where they are putting in blood or medicines.  They will check those lines to see if they also carry the bacteria from the hospital that has made her sick.  We continue to be frustrated that she is a sick little girl because of the hospital born bacteria.  We wonder how good would she be doing right now if they had not introduced that bacteria to her.  Of course we can only just wonder.

So today they become extractors of fluids and blood to see if they can detect the location of this nasty bug.  She looks so very beautiful from the outside we hope her inside can get better.  Until her CRP number drops they will continue to look for and treat for the bacteria or fungus.  They seem to use both terms at times.