Friday, May 7, 2010

Sam's kidneys

Well Sam has never been able to wean off the steroids for his auto immune disease. He has continual flare ups and his kidneys dump protein the instant we try to wean him down. So last week he started on cytoxin. A chemo therapy drug they have noticed helps some auto immune disorders. He is doing both the steroids and the cytoxin everyday for 90 days this summer. Today he had to have his first blood draw, he gets them weekly all summer long, and he was not to happy about it. But they gave him a treat and a teady bear and now he's talking about how many bears he'll have by the time school starts. Poor kid, but at least he's learning to look on the bright side of things.

1 comment:

Rachel_Ploharz said...

Poor little guy! I cant wait to see them all at the Family reunion! I bet they are all so big now!