labs back

ok. So labs are back, and it still sucks. It could be worse, I guess.

Bryson's Immunoglobulins are improving, which is awesome to see, but they are just up and down. Right now everything that was up before, is down and what was down is up. Weird. He has no response to his Prevnar vaccine (AGAIN) that is the one that protects for pneumonia and meningitis. We are going to give him a pneumonia vaccine in January (when he's two) and see what that does, but my hopes aren't up. He had to get two boosters of Prevnar last year until he responded. Dr. Knutsen said that is pretty typical of people with hypogammaglobulinemia to have these rejections. His T-Cell and B-Cell function was all still pretty low, but up a bit. I know its awesome that things are coming up, I just want it to be OVER and I thought it would be.

The PLAN: back on antibiotics all winter, once a day. No more Mom's Day Out (bummer) which really sucks because he was JUST starting to adjust to being there. He started going in September and has been sick at least three times since then, so I guess that means NO MORE. Repeat labs in March. We still don't know for sure if this is something he's going to outgrow or not. He's thinking that the HI (hypogammaglobulinemia) will be something that will be outgrown, but we just aren't sure what's going to happen with his T-Cell stuff. I talked to our pediatrician about the T-Cell stuff and treatment for it is pretty aggressive, if needed. Hopefully they keep improving!

Last year he told me over and over that these kids aren't usually symptomatic until they are closer to two, and that's where we are at now. So we just hope that we have as good a winter as we did last year! Stay away flu bug! You are not welcome at our house! Bryson is doing well, its so hard to believe that this perfect little boy can have such crazy labs. Brian and I look at it as the labs are just numbers on a piece of paper, the important thing is that Bryson has done really really well, way better than they expected with all of this. So we move forward, like we always do, and pray that God keeps him healthy!

Thanks for reading, sorry I didn't update sooner. I was just trying to piece it all together myself!



That's all for now. I know it could be much worse, so we are thankful.