Page 62 - Journey of Hope by Raymond Moldenhauer

For most of the day, we just waited to hear the final plan of action. We
thought a lot about what had changed in the last two days that would have
triggered this abrupt reaction. The Neonatologist was receptive to all of
our ideas and checked them all out, but we all came up empty.

As we left this evening to return home, the plan is to do surgery on Alyssa
on Friday (she is on the "emergency add" Surgery schedule). They
anticipate going in to remove a portion of her small intestine (where there
appears to be a stricture) and, while she is opened up, they will remove
the "unknown" mass on her adrenal gland. They are considering also
doing a bone marrow test while she is under the anesthetic.

Her body temperature is still running low. She is a bit anemic (they are
giving her a blood transfusion tonight in preparation for the surgery), and
her bilirubin levels remain high. No explanation for why!

Please pray that everything goes well, and we can finally resolve the
digestive and tumor issues once and for all.