Ultrasounds and blood tests seem to be the trend this fall for Aubrey. This morning she had - what I hope will be her final ultrasound this year. It's her 3rd in the last month following her hospitalization for pancreantitis.
But good news - - the nurse just called me to relay that everything came back normal!
She also called with last Thursday's blood tests - and her amalyse and lipase levels are finally down to a normal too. As a reminder - her lipase levels were once at 15,000 when she was in the hospital. This is compared to the normal range of 20 - 300. Just 2 weeks ago they were 1000, and now they are 292 and are therefore acceptable! YEAH!
Lipase is an enzyme that the pancreas creates that is used to breakdown lipids(fats). Because of her high levels - - Aubrey has been on a very restricted diet since leaving the hospital -- only allowing 5 grams of fat per day. It's been a little challenging to do this - and she has to be getting sick of eating the same type of food day in and day out. The nurse is going to check with the doctor to see if he will loosen up her diet to say 10-15 grams a day so hopefully we can bump this up in time for the holidays. That would be great - - but if not -- we have it down pretty well!
She has one final blood test the first week of December - and if that one comes back normal - hopefully Aubrey can avoid these for a long time!!
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