#AveryStrong

By the absolute Grace of God, Avery is doing okay. In the last 48 hours, the Graft vs Host disease went crazy. In a matter of hours yesterday, Avery became severely dehydrated and almost went into kidney failure. Although he was on IV fluids at home, it could not compensate for the amount of fluids he started to lose through diarrhea. The GVHD beat up his gut pretty bad. 
Chris made it to Omaha just in time before it got really ugly yesterday evening. Unfortunately I had to stay in Lincoln with the girls. (That's the really hard part about not having family to just call and drop off. Plus, we were in a state of panic and I was constantly on the phone with Chris hearing updates).
As soon as they got to the hospital, they immediately started larger volumes of IV fluids...to the point that Avery's temp was a little on the low side and he had to be covered with warm blankets. It was pretty scary for Chris to watch and pretty scary for me to be so far away and hear.
He has started to receive IV steroids to help treat the GVH systemically. Today, his chemistries and labs look good, as well as his rash. Unfortunately his gut has taken quite the beating, so it will take time to heal. I came up to the hospital today after school drop-off and Chris went back to Lincoln because they have a game tonight. Not sure how the rest of this week with play out, but we will continue to take it day by day and pray that Avery continues to make progress. We are so grateful for the team of nurses and doctors who pour every ounce of energy into helping Avery heal through this process.