Mom and I headed to Elgeston today with Karter to get some blood work done. His neutrophils (ANC) have been low since birth...the ANCs were low last month, but had gone up a bit. We were hoping and praying today they would be up to where they needed to be. The morning didn't start out very well, first there was no parking in the parking deck, like there were attendants telling us we had to turn around, the vallet parking guy told us they only park for Emory, even though we have used them before, however I had a talk with him and he parked us...then after I checked in I was asked if I knew my appointment was at 1:30, thankfully I could show her on my email where it said 10:30, and they got us worked in after 2 1/2hrs. Thankfully Karter was an Angel and everyone was very apologetic about it.
The Aflac center is not a place you want to be, it is so sad to see so many kids hurting from toddlers to teenagers. Thankfully the time in the waiting room gave us a chance to talk to many people, and if waiting that long was just for us to meet and pray for people, it was worth it.
Well finally it was our turn to go back, we got his blood drawn and then waited for the results, unfortunately they were still low...not exactly what we wanted. They are sending out his blood to get more test done. We will go back in a few days to get more blood drawn and then hopefully we'll have some answers. All we know is it could be auto immune, it could be from anti bodies he is getting in the breast milk that is working against his body, it could be hereditary, again something he got from me...those were the reason the doctor gave me. The hardest part is just not knowing. I know so many have been praying for him and we are so thankful for those prayers. I am so thankful for such a great hospital and feel confident they know what they are doing, I am glad they are being so proactive in trying to figure out what is going on. Hopefully we'll know something soon.
