Isaac continues to do well. His latest bloodwork showed lower 6-TG levels than his doc wants to see, so we are slightly increasing his consumption of Azathioprine (Imuran). Instead of every other day doses he is now getting 5 doses a week. We continue to taper his prednisolone. We have another doctor's appointment tomorrow.
6-TG is a derivative of thiopurine. There is a lot to learn. If you're interested, you can start with this article which deals specifically with IBD. In that article, you, like me, might get a little excited about giving such a drug to a young'un. But having said that, our doctor understands and is concerned about the risks and we are monitoring Isaac closely while he is introduced to this drug (for the first several months) to make sure his body tolerates it just fine.
The poop scoop: We remain in a phase of normal poops.
good timing on the update, just today I wondered how my nephew was doing with the medicine! -nic
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update, and I'm sorry it took me over a month to discover all these wonderful blogs with news I was wanting to hear!
ReplyDeleteHello! Just wanted to let you know our family in Australia going through the same thing, our daughter diagnosed with UC at aged 15 months last year. She is now 24 months and we continue to try to get into remission. Thoughts and empathy are with you and may your little man continue to do well.
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