Antibodies

Because I'm picky when it comes to photos, I got rid of the bits of dirty carpet and spruced this one up a bit. Dan forgot to mention in his last post that these shorts didn't last long on Elijah since they're a little too big. Dan took them off and put on sweatpants instead. If you are familiar with the town we live in, Elijah fit in well!

Sounds like Dan and Elijah had a fun week without me around, huh? Well I was happy to come home to my diaper-bottomed, smiley-faced little boy yesterday. I swear he changed in a matter of days. He is saying a few new words this week and he is now doing the signs for PLEASE and THANK YOU. Apparently in between burping and flexing muscles, the boys also worked on manners!

I got a call this morning from Elijah's pulmonologist's nurse. The results of his immunity bloodwork came back showing that he has low pneumococcal antibodies, which could indicate that he has a problem with his immune system. He has received all four pneumococcal vaccinations, so he should have normal antibodies. Since this isn't the case, it is possible that a booster shot could help get his levels up to where they need to be. We will be taking him in for that vaccination soon, and 4-6 weeks after that he will need to have more blood drawn to see if his antibodies have improved. If they are within the normal range after that, then YAY! If not, there may be deeper issues, so we would then need to add another specialist to Elijah's ever-growing list of doctors.

Please pray for this pneumococcal booster to be the answer!

Elijah is saying his own name! Well, sort of. It sounds like NNnn-Daa! This "word" also means pizza, lasagna, Miya (his cousin) and a handful of other things.

We have no set plans for our weekend, and that feels pretty awesome. I'm sure we'll come up with something fun to do on the fly. Thanks for checking in and have a safe, fun weekend!