Carter is once again sick. Fever, fussy, not eating much,ect. Same ol' same ol'. We went to the doctor today and had yet another chest x-ray...6th one. Got tested for the flu, rsv...blah blah blah. It all came back negative and normal. I am so sick of it. Anyways, Carter's doctor has found a pattern for when his fever comes and goes. It's like clock-work. Same time every month just about. He is thinking that Carter has something called Cyclic Neutropenia. In a nut shell it's when his white blood cell count goes down about every 21 days. White blood cells are vital for fighting off infections which is causing him to have fever and makes him feel just awful. You can look it up. Anyways, we are not for sure that's what he has so we had to draw blood today, then go back in two more weeks to draw more blood, and that part is awful!! As bad as all that sounds, I'm glad to finally find something that actually makes sense. I am not entirely sure at what the treatments will be for it...I'm thinking it will be injections to keep his white blood cell count up. But I may be jumping the gun because it's not for sure it's what he has.
Other than all that he is very healthy; ears, lungs, heart, growth, ect. He is still in the 10-15% in weight but that's ok. He is still long. He weighed 19 pounds 8 oz.
That's all I got for ya today. Debbie Downer blog....sorry!
To brighten things up a bit...
Watching Mickey Mouse in my bean bag...no big deal.
Yet another birthday present Mia let him see early....spoiled.
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