Waging War on the Flying Monkeys

Things can change quickly one minute Lex is coping with all her issues and the next....

The wicked witch is dead, but the 'flying monkeys' are reaping havoc on Dorothy. Alexis had another biopsy last Sunday because her blood work was concerning, all her counts were dropping reminiscent of last September. So, a biopsy was done to rule out Leukemia, the results showed that Lex is in solid remission and by removing the elephant from the room we could now concentrate on the other reasons for the dropping blood levels. It's been an intense week, Lex has infections that are affecting her overall health. The 'flying monkeys' have been trying to damage her graft and stress her body, the UTI is still present, but last Sunday she also developed a bacterial infection in her blood, she became feverish and her blood pressure dropped dangerously low. We went to war, infusing Lex with the equivalent of 15 litres of fluids, her legs are swollen and uncomfortable and Lex is exhausted because she has not had a real sleep of more that 30 minutes in days. This bacterial infection brought her blood counts back to early transplant levels and she became neutropenic a condition that develops when you have no immune system, she started wearing a mask again and Dani and I masked when we were with her. Antibiotics were given to cure the bacterial infection and antivirals to fight the UTI and then we waited, thankfully today 6 days later her blood work revealed an improvement slight but definite and the masks have come off, she is no longer neutropenic, now we can focus on getting Lex strong and healthy so she and her sister can play in the Emerald city a little!