When I last left you, we were at the family doctor's office. It was a long visit as he had a PA training. We went through the whole thing with her, her thoughts were gallbladder problems and it probably had to come out.
When the doctor came in the questions were a little more intense. You could tell he was thinking while examining. So it all started off with a blood test right then and a CT scan later in the day. We were quite anxious to hear the results and when the Dr. himself called the house we were quite surprised to hear his voice. That doesn't happen very often. We really aren't what you would call "doctor" people, so it's not like we are in and out of the office. We see him about every 2 years and maybe for a bad cold or something.
He explained to us the readings on his blood tests were not good. The billirubin was 6.2 and should be 0.0 to 1.0. His ALT and AST were also high (liver enzymes) and we had to ask what that meant. He told us Brock's liver was in distress. He also said he wanted Brock to come in the next day for a blood test for hepititas. No results yet on the CT scan.
We both had the sick feeling in the pit of our stomachs. Already the questions firing through our heads....what is wrong? How could he get hepatitis? Could his liver be failing? We were scared. By now I'm watching him close because I have no idea what could happen. During the night, I can't turn off the brain, planning fund raisers for a liver transplant. Why the mind runs so far in the future is beyond me. We didn't sleep very well that night.
I'll leave you all for now. Thanks for being with us through this unexpected journey.
Our God is an Awesome God!
Chris
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