Monday, March 5, 2012

Ethan Ethan Ethan... Genetic disorder???

Ethan had another antibody (IVIG) infusion today, he did so awesome. The poor guy had 2 IVs blow but the 3rd one stuck. We also met with Rheum today and have a whole new idea for a diagnosis.... Collagen Deficiency (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connective_tissue_disease). Yeah a whole new ball game which became absolutely terrifying once I started reading. Ok, so not all diseases associated with this are scary but the one that I thought fit Ethan was (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1494/). Now I could be completely wrong and I should probably stop researching. We see Nephrology and Rheum again in a month. In the meantime they did the blood draw today for the DNA testing. 

1 comment:

Lauren Lea Warren said...

Still keeping you guys in our prayers, no matter the diagnosis. But continued research doesn't usually ease the mind, it always seems to bring on more questions :). Keep up the faith and strength SuperMom!