Sunday we spent the majority of the day in the Emergency Room. Ethan started having an outbreak of his HSP last Thursday and then coughed up and threw up some blood on Sunday. Keep in mind he has been acting great, eating great, and his blood work the prior Friday was great. After what we all went through in May/June I do not take any sights of blood lightly. The ER was in close contact with his Rheum and they put him on an antibiotic and gave a dose of his steriod. We are super bummed about the steriod because he has been off of it for about two weeks, really hoping he is not going to need to go back on it. Also, not thrilled about the antibiotic because we would prefer Ethan to build up his own immunities. Unfortunately with an auto immune disease he isn't given the opportunity to do that. To top the cake Ethan also has a hernia :( It is not of a big concern, we will watch it and visit the pediatrician if it drops or gets worse.
Keep thinking and praying for Ethan to be healthy this week so we can travel home for the holidays worry free.
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