Gabriel has been running a fever on and off over a week now. With his fever he's had a cough and congestion. Last week, for routine lab work, his ANC was 2000 with a white blood cell count of 3.8. I had a doctor look him over because of his cough and to help with inflammation he was prescribed a 5 day dose of azithromycian, an antibiotic.
Finishing his last dose last evening Gabe began running fever, with ear pain, this morning. I will be taking Gabe to the hospital today for labs, doctor check, (possible) chest X-ray and (possible) IV Antibiotics.
Gabriel has been active over the weekend and this week. His has been eating as well. Again, despite his ailments Gabe is still in good spirits.
Briefly, Gabriel was diagnosed with hereditary spherocytosis when diagnosed with Leukemia. Hereditary spherocytosis is genetic, when red blood cells are sphere-shaped rather than donut-shaped. However, we are unaware of any family member having this disease (disorder). With Gabriel still undergoing chemotherapy we have to wait until he is off treatment before the doctors can rerun test to be sure or assess treatment.
Gabriel will be off treatment March 15, 2008.
Thank you. Gabriel has a new video coming soon, so please check back.
Have a happy thanksgiving!
Angela
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
November 25, 2008
Posted by Angela N. Boyce at 9:14 AM
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Will keep Gabriel in my prayers. I have HS - my Mum had it and my sister and her kids have it. Often your family members may have had it and been so mild not diagnosed until Gabriel showed it. It can present itself as stomach discomfort (enlarged spleen) and anemia which here in USA is often misdiagnosed. I'm in Ireland its a lot more common as its more northern european condition. If you want more info on it happy to chat. Will keep your family and son in our prayers. Thrilled hes doing so much better. God Bless Sinead
feel free to email me any time about the HS sinead at chroi dot com
also theres a good yahoo group on web about it with parents with kids with HS
Spherocytosis@yahoogroups.com
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