Dianna's Journey w/ Fanconi Anemia: PRAYER REQUEST

Welcome to Dianna's webpage.

It has been provided to keep friends and family updated on her life with Fanconi anemia (FA).

Dianna was diagnosed with FA in April 1998.

FA causes aplastic anemia (bone marrow failure), as well as many different types of cancers.

She had a few of the obvious signs of FA: missing both thumbs, deaf in her right ear, very small for her age, and had corrective surgery at birth on her intestines.

Dianna had a sibling donor bone marrow transplant at Medical City Dallas, TX.

Transplant date: October 1, 2008

Dianna went to heaven September 1, 2009

HOME:
126 Edgewood Dr.
Lewisville, TX 75067
Phone #: 972-436-4816

Normal Blood Count Range:
White blood count: (normal 4.5-13.5)
Red blood count: (normal 4.0-5.20)
HGB: (normal 11.5-15.5)
Platelets: (normal 140-440)
ABS NEUT#: (normal 1.50-6.50)

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Day + 109 (Total # of days in hospital= 118)

Dianna has gone a week eating and seems to get a little better each day! :-)
She has started to take a couple of her medications by mouth.
We are trying to add another medication each day.
(This seems to be the most difficult part for Dianna- she can not swallow pills.)

**PRAYER REQUEST-**
The doctor said that Dianna's kidneys are NOT healing as they had hoped.
At this time- her kidneys are only working at about of a third of her normal working kidney.
He said that they have been damaged by all the medications during transplant and her high blood pressure.
She continues to have high blood pressure, which means she continues to need many extra blood pressure medications.
It is possible that IF they DO NOT heal she could need "Dialysis or a Kidney Transplant". :-(
PLEASE PRAY that Dianna's kidneys will begin to heal. THANK YOU!!!