She's out and doing great! Alyssa made 150 CCs of urine in the first 30 minutes and has been going strong ever since. She is now in recovery and expected to remain there for another two hours. Dr Marroquin, Alyssa's lead surgeon, said that he was very happy with how the surgery went. He said that Alyssa has very small veins and arteries, so she will need to be on extra blood thinners over the next few days, but that all else went very well. Poor Dr Marroquin... he quickly found out what a DeffenHug is. We thank him and his his team for their skilled hands!
I'm normally not at a loss for words, but am at that point now. This has been such an incredibly emotional day for our family. While we know that this is just the first mile in what will be a marathon for Alyssa, we can now say that the "race is on." Thank you to all of you for your words of encouragement and especially for your prayers. They mean more to us than we can say. We ask that you keep them coming in the days and weeks ahead.
aHUS is still enemy #1 to us. With our wonderful team of doctors, the drug Soliris and your support, we will win this battle!
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Next update when she arrives back in her room tonight.
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Deffens - we're with you in the race. ANd you are always in our prayers.
ReplyDeleteSo thankful to hear that the surgery went well. I am certain that a speedy recovery and return to a normal life for Alyssa and all the Deff's is just around the corner. (Before baseball season perhaps!)
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