Being pushed off cloud 9

So as I said yesterday, her lung biopsie did not show any signs of pulmonary sesnosis. Woo hoo, right? Well apparently that is not all that her results said. Although what they were looking for was not found, they did find something else. Ruthie has microscopic bloodclots in her lungs. They don't know where they came from or why they are there, but they do know that they are diffused throughout the lungs and that until we know more, we are not on the list. Since day one here, this round, ruthie's blood work has come back abnormal. Before her lung biopsie, her PT and PTT were both elavated. The hemotalogist decided to do a shot of Vitamin K and said we discuss more later. We really did not pay it much attention because they were still planning on surgery. However, there is more we don't know yet. All they can tell us is that her clotting labs are no where near normal. And by they I mean the cardiologists and the CICU doctors. So we are waiting to hear more about her blood work right now. They are also investigating her liver right now. We are trying to see if her liver has finally taken a big hit from her heart or if there is something abnormal going on there.

Where do we go from here??
Plan for today:
exubate
eat
talk to hemotalogy

long term plan:
figure out liver issue
figure out blood clot issue

If her liver is only being damaged by her heart then, good news! We can still be put on the list.
If her liver has abnormalities then we must see if we can fix these issues and still be on the list. If we can not fix her liver, then we can not give a heart to someone who had a failing liver. And we can't give a liver to someone with a failing heart.

If the blood clot issue in her lungs and so forth is treatable or caused by her heart, then we can be placed on the list.
If the blood clot issue is not treatable, then we are not put on the list.

So, right now we are waiting. Waiting to hear if her liver and blood clot issues can be resolved. In order to know that we must know what is causing it to happen.
Please keep praying. Praying that they can find an answer. Praying that the answer eventually leads to a heart transplant . Praying that the doctors and nurses have guidance and wisdom. Praying for Ruths strength and ability to fight. Praying that no matter what the outcome may be that we can handle it. And most of all praying that whatever we do, Ruth will in the end be whole and happy.

On our CICU room wall:
Believe that all things are possible.

Amen!
Thank you all for the constant prayers and support. It is amazing to see how many people Ruth's story has touched. Absolutely amazing! God has big plans for her. Even if those plans are only to get people to pray.
It is not in our hands. So trust, have faith.

Heart hugs