"Hi! It's been a few days, so I thought I'd send a quick Luka update.
Luka is still doing quite well and makes a little progress every day. He is off dialysis (miraculously!); they took his cathetar out; he eats a little bit more each day; he walks a bit and plays now. His critenan level is down to 90 and it needs to be 50 (it started out at like 430 or something, so praise God it's almost back to normal!). His urea level is still in the mid-20s and needs to be down to 4; the doctors are a bit confused as to why it's not going down, so they are watching that closely. His blood pressure is quite high as well, but the doctors said that that might be a lasting effect of HUS and it might have to be monitered for the next several years. Nights are hard; Luka has been waking up an crying a lot at night (last night was a good night, though, as he slept for 5.5 hours straight). All in all, though, he has made a lot of progress. The doctors are talking about releasing him next week. Josh and Mandy and Luka would then come to the US for Luka's continued care; however, there are only 2 airlines that they'd be able to take out of Nairobi and the stewardesses of one of them are on strike, so pray that they will be able to get a flight when they need one.
Mandy's mom, Mary, and Grace and Lydia arrived in Kenya yesterday. They, along with Ryan and Rebeka, will be leaving Kenya tomorrow night (afternoon, Michigan-time) and will arrive in GR about 4:40pm Thursday afternoon.
Thanks again for your support and prayer. It means so much to my family and me.
Katie"
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