Since our trip to California things have been HECTIC!!! This is my excuse for not posting in such a long time. In the past couple of weeks Luke and Lexi have both started Gymboree classes, Sean had his appendix out, we went to the Dells over the 4th of July weekend, and have been swimming and playing outside like crazy!!! Luke is still looking and feeling good. His last blood test not only detected Prograf, but there was too much. We found this out right after we saw a drop in his protein levels (AWESOME NEWS!!!!!). The nephrologist said the level was too high and a bit dangerous so we had to lower it. That made me a bit nervous because when we saw the protein go down we thought the medicine was finally starting to work, but had to lower the dose, so I fear it may not work any longer. His protein is still lower, but we need to see it continue to go down to trace or negative before we can call it remission. Luke's next blood test will be this Thursday, and I continue to test his urine everyday.
Alexa is growing extremely fast and wearing size 18 months! She will be 8 months tomorrow! She is very long and the doctor says her height is on track with a one year old!!! She is eating solids, some table food, and sitting up all by herself. She does not crawl yet but will roll the whole length of the family room to get to Luke or a favorite toy. Her smile is irresistible and she laughs a deep belly laugh that is contagious. Luke loves making her laugh and she is thrilled to get any attention from her big brother.
Sean is well and healed from his surgery. The weekend of Father's Day he had stomach problems all weekend and ended up in the ER on Monday morning. He was in surgery a couple hours later. We are glad it did not rupture and he is back to his old self already.
We are heading to Wisconsin this weekend for another short vacation. We will be joined by baby Nicholas, Luke and Lexi's cousin from California. We are all very excited, especially Luke, who fell in love with the lake in the Dells, and cannot wait to go in another one!
Please continue to pray for Luke to be strong and breeze through whatever may come next.
How great!! We will pray hard for his full remission and know he has many Angels above on his side. They are beautiful babies and it was so much fun to hang with them! Glad things are looking up!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous is Antie Sharona and Uncle Stretch!
ReplyDeleteHEY ANG -
ReplyDeleteI KEEP UP AND READ ALL OF YOUR BLOG ENTRIES FOR LUKE AND ALEXA. HE LOOKS A TON BETTER AND ALMOST BACK TO HIS GOOFY CUTE SELF. ALEXA IS SUCH A GOOD BABY AND HER SMILE/LAUGH IS ADORABLE. LUKE IS ONE TOUGH LIL DUDE AND SHOWS GREAT COURAGE. GLAD TO HEAR SEAN IS DOING GOOD AFTER THE SURGERY. YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD TOO HUN AND NOT AS TIRED. REMEMBER MY BABYSITTING SERVICES ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO YOU - CUZ WE ALL KNOW I DONT HAVE MUCH OF A LIFE ANYWAYS. I DO OWE YOU GUYS A PLAYDATE! TAKE CARE AND I LOVE YOU ALL SOOO MUCH!! =)
~COUSIN DANIELLE~