char2mar
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Rachel is doing okay for the moment. She had a very stressful weekend because her gallbladder decided to act up. Probably because of the chemo and her recent pregnancy. She went completely jaundice and her belly swell to an enormous girth. She gained 8 kilo's (19 pounds) in one day of fluid. Today they had to go in and shunt a bile duct and drain the gallbladder despite they big risk of doing so because her platelets are critically low from the chemo and the leukemia. Thankfully she didn't bleed out. She is in a lot of pain but the hospital is really trying to keep her comfortable. Poor kid, she really is having a very tough time of it. She was so hoping for a day pass on Christmas Day, but the way things have been going it doesn't look like that will happen. She has a high fever and the hospital staff are hoping it is from the gallbladder disease, but they say that if she is still spiking a fever in a couple of days that they will look for a secondary source of the fever. Keep your fingers crossed. She now has no immune system. Her white count has been totally wiped out. Her hair is starting to fall out now too. and she has an all over rash from the chemo, plus she has bruises everywhere. On the bright side, baby Zachary is doing fine, he is getting cuter by the minute.
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