Sorry I've gone MIA on you.  I pretty much slept away the weekend in a cold medicine induced fog.  I woke up this morning and finally felt human again.  There's some serious shitz going around these parts.

Enough about me...

SO, BamBam is doing OK.  His fevers haven't returned, however, he is having horrible night sweats.  His little hands and feet are also freezing cold at times...something is going on still.

He doesn't have pneumonia or bronchitis, no strep, no flu A or B, no mono, no CMV, no bacteria in his blood, pretty sure he doesn't have appendicitis.  His CBC is fairly normal, a few things slightly off, but nothing crazy.

Enough about what he doesn't have.  What do we know?

His sed rate is a little high.  He has swollen lymph nodes around his appendix.  He's pretty tired and pale at times with horrible night sweats.  His appetite is improving.

Our doctors?  They're stumped and concerned.  We're being referred to an Infectious Disease Specialist.

To keep everything in perspective...he's doing OK, really.  My friend's beautiful baby...the one I mentioned here...she has a hole in poor little heart.  They're finding out today just how bad it is.  She's so tiny and sweet and I got to hold her again last night...and, yes, my ovaries were glowing.

If you're looking for a laugh, I'd love to have the energy to tell you about the blackmail church visit my husband and Princess had this weekend, but I think I've lost my funny.  Last saw it in Aruba...might need to go back to retrieve it.  I'll try to muster up the energy soon.

Any good thoughts/positive energy/prayers you can send this way would be greatly appreciated...and returned when you need it.

Update on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 08:33AM by THE Mommy

BamBam was in good spirits yesterday.  He was almost back to his normal 2 year old self while at the doctor's office.  They went through his file and did a complete time line of his symptoms with us.

The Bad News: They still don't know what is going on.

The Good News: Since he's gained back 3 of the 4 pounds that he lost and isn't having fevers, they are going to rule out leukemia, malaria and a dozen other very scary scenarios.  They are pretty confident that he is on the mend.  We are going to do a stool sample (THAT should be a joy collecting!) to rule out a parasite or other bacteria.  We're going to follow up in a couple of weeks with another ultrasound to check his lymph nodes.

SO, unless he spikes another fever or has severe abdominal pain or his lymph nodes are bigger in a couple of weeks, we're back to life as usual :):) 

I think he understood what they were saying to us because he decided to sleep in his own room last night and stayed there the entire night.  It was the best night sleep I have gotten in a long, long time.

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