Immune Study 3/10/2010

Hello to all !!

I just realized it has been 3 weeks since my last post. Sorry. Where did the time go? After many calls and a little frustration UCSF finally reviewed Luke's scans and compared them with all his other lung scans and they are still seeing some tiny 3mm nodules. They said it could be argued that it is scar tissue, since they cannot tell the difference (in a C.T. scan) between fungus and scar tissue . In the end, they felt it would be less risky to just continue his oral medication for another three months and scan again to make absolutely sure. Fungus can take a long time to kill completely.

We are headed to San Francisco Wednesday morning (8am appointment ! trying to get over the bridge before the traffic) for Luke's immune study. We are looking for the return of his T-cells and B-cells. I guess they are the last to regenerate after wiping out the bone marrow. The test takes a couple of weeks for results. So we are praying Luke's immune function is fully restored and he will able to play T-Ball soon. Grandpa got him a new glove, bat and ball and he has been practicing a lot.