Our Crafty Valentine's Day

Owen & I tried to be super crafty for Valentine's Day this year :-) Some things turned out really cute & more importantly, we had fun.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!

Owen's "New " Jeep

Steve's boss generously gave Owen her daughter's Power Wheels Jeep several weeks ago. Owen was very excited when he saw it in the garage. It warmed up enough today that we decided to try it out. The excitement was very short lived, he was scared of it. Daddy spent most of the time pushing the jeep, Owen wouldn't use the gas pedal at all. "I don't like it, it scares me. I pushed the pedal & I went fast down there.". Oh well, we will try again in the spring!

Boston Children's Museum

We had a great time at the Boston Children's Museum on Saturday! Unfortunately, we missed the Curious George exhibit by a week, it starts on the 7th. Guess we will have to plan another trip soon!

No Pneumonia Titers :-(

Owen went back to the allergist/immunologist this week b/c he hasn't gotten any better on the new meds. In fact, he has gotten worse. He had a fever earlier in the week & his cough is even worse. She prescribed antibiotics for the cough.

We got the results of the latest bloodwork. Based on previous tests, we knew that Owen was making enough antibodies. These tests showed that he isn't making the right antibodies. Despite having received all 4 vaccines, as scheduled, he has no strep pnemonia antibodies. Fortunately, everything else was normal. He was re-vaccinated & will be re-tested in 4-6 weeks to see if he is producing the anti-bodies. We would love for this shot to be the cure, but even the Dr is skeptical.

Depending on what happens at the next appointment & what the bloodwork shows, we may also explore cillary dysfunction. This appears to be another diagnoses that would fit Owen's symptoms & history perfectly. We would need to go back to a pneumologist & have a lung or nasal biopsy to confirm or rule out cillary dyskenesia.

More Testing

We went back to the local allergist/immunologist for further testing, on the ENTs reccomendation. Owen had another baby patch SPT (skin prick test) & he tested positive for....CAT! Of all things to test positive for, the one thing we have! But, I think it is a huge victory b/c he FINALLY tested POSITIVE to SOMETHING!!! This is a big step for us! Perhaps the exposure to Boo is what has been making him sick all this time. Owen has actually had many parts of his immune system studied b/f, but there are several parts that needed to be tested to complete the work-up. Have you ever tried to take a 2.5 year old who just had a SPT to the lab for bloodwork? Not easy! We started 4 new meds to see if they can get his symptoms under control. He is now on Singulair, Symbicort, Veramyst & Zyrtec, we will see if this does the trick!