Wow!

Well we had our anticoagulation appointment today. It went well. They weighed Eli again, and he was 5 lbs 8 oz, so he has gained a half a pound in less than a week! Way to go chunky man.

We also discussed his clot and the Lovenox medication. The doctor wants to see him again on April 5th which will be about 6 weeks from the diagnosis of the clot and from when he got on the Lovenox. That is usually the minimum amount of time for someone to be on Lovenox. At this appointment she will also do another ultrasound of the clot and see what it's doing. She also wants to run some tests to make sure he doesn't have a disorder that will make him either clot too much or not enough. I wasn't exactly sure what all she was talking about, but I don't think it's a huge deal, except that it might affect how long they want to keep him on the Lovenox.

We also had another blood draw with Hector today and his Heprin levels were still within normal range, so we will keep with the same dose of Lovenox for another 3 weeks.

So for now things are going great, and it's wonderful to see that Eli is gaining so much weight. He does like his meal times!!! But we would love prayer for that clot! Please pray that it will be completely gone by April 5th and we can stop the injections. This is a prayer request mostly for me because I HATE giving him shots twice a day and I hate to have to be home at 8:00 (morning and night) in order to do it because it is a very timed ordeal. I would love to only have to continue for a few more weeks as opposed to a few more months as originally thought.

Thanks everyone for still checking the blog!