Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Another Day of Testing

Olivia gets to finish up her testing that started yesterday. She'll get one more series of pictures for her HIDA Scan. After her second series of pictures, very little to no dye had left her liver to enter the small intestine. Her final scan this morning will show if anything has moved out in the last 24 hours, hopefully there is some movement, which will show that there is movement of bile from the liver to the intestine, but just not as much as there should be. 

After her final HIDA Scan she'll get to have a liver biopsy. Yipeee !!!  

She'll also be visited by an opthomolagist sometime today to evaluate her for characteristics of Alagille syndrome. The majority of children with this syndrome have changes within the eye that should be evident at her age. Aliagille syndrome (while not a desired diagnosis) manages to explain a number of her issues -- Heart, Kidney, Liver, Metabolic Acidosis.

These three tests - the HIDA Scan, the Liver Biopsy, & the Opthalmic exam -- should help seperate out the two most likely candidates that are causing her liver problems.

It will be nice to just get a diagnosis so we can move on and figure out how to work with her issues.
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 14, 2009 at 10:27 AM

    Once again thank you for the update. I woke this a.m. wondering how Oliva was coming along. Best wishes and prayers are sent your way.

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  2. MandiApril 14, 2009 at 10:45 AM

    Of course you all are in my thoughts...don't worry about a thing at home. Teresa and I are taking care of everyone. Angie got the Wolverton order in. Teresa took care of your upstairs guys and we're all taking care of the clinic kids. Everyone is fine!!!

    My paws are crossed for you all!!
    HUGS, HEADBUTTS and PURRS....kisses for the Diva
    Mandi

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  3. UnknownApril 14, 2009 at 7:14 PM

    Watching "Mystery Diagnosis" on TV is one thing, but when it's happening a little closer to home, it's another altogether.

    In some ways it would be good to know that this isn't a passed down genetic thing, but rather, some random act of nature.

    The trouble with the genetic testing is that it takes an ETERNITY for the results. No CSI DNA 10 minute tests here!

    Whatever the cause, though, good thoughts are coming your way.

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