At the boys' 9 month check-up, Colin's iron tested low. Dr. Kim put him on a supplement for a month then we re-tested. It was still low. On August 9th, he had a CBC (complete blood count) test. It still showed his iron was low, but no other problems. Last Tuesday evening, Andrea was here helping me. I picked Colin up to play and he felt a little warm. Sure enough, he had a pretty high fever for him. It stayed over 100 to 101 the next few days. Sometimes Tylenol and Advil would bring it down, but not all the way down. At the same time, at some point, I noticed he had a cold sore. I thought maybe he was just fighting a virus. Boy did I think wrong. On Wednesday night, Allen's mom was here and all of a sudden we noticed some sores on his body. I took him to the pediatrican Thursday morning and we were sent straight to the ER. Yikes. I am not sure the reason she sent us was the problem, but I sure am grateful for Tania at Dr. Kim's office. She told me "I don't like his color and these sores need antibiotics but I won't give them to him without some further testing."
Long story short, Colin's blood is low and his immune system was so low that he couldn't fight even a cold sore. So teething-Colin spread the virus to his little fingers and to his nose since he won't keep his fingers out of his mouth. It is a scary thing to be told everything that could be wrong. I won't go into details yet because we truthfully don't know all of the answers. So far, I can tell you that leukemia has been MOSTLY ruled out. We are waiting on test results to confirm. The doctor today explained "there could be hundreds of things wrong and we are eliminating them...sometimes one at a time." It could possibly takes weeks or even months to figure out what is going on. It has been a long weekend and we are just getting started.
Please pray for his bone marrow and blood counts to be healed and normal. We love you all and thank you for your prayers.
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Wow - praying for perfect blood counts, praying for bone marrow to be exactly where it is supposed to be, praying for cold sores to be healed, for iron levels to level out, for healing and wholeness - for autoimmune systems to kick into high gear and for Colin to be totally, completely, fully and forever healed in Jesus' mighty name!
ReplyDeletePraying for Colin and the entire family through this process. These boys must have a high calling on them to have had to war so much at such a young age. But, look at their heritage and it is no surprise. You have some mighty men you're raising, Michelle.
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