Adam's doctor was not concerned about his ultrasound results but she said if we were overly concerned, she had no problem ordering the lab work. Adam had it done on Wednesday. He sat in the chair by himself and the tech explained everything he was going to do and everything he was doing as he did it. He told Adam he may want to look away and that he would poke him on "3". Since they use butterfly catheters and Adam is bigger than he was 3 years ago, he didn't even flinch. He didn't even know he actually got poked until the tech said he was almost done and Adam watched the rest of the blood draw! Awesome!
Doc office called today and his afp is 1.3!! YAY! I know he is way past the age for hepatoblastoma but I just wanted to be sure. (If a tumor was starting, afp would be in the thousands or higher). So we still don't know why he had the enlarged liver lymph node or why his spleen has been slightly enlarged but at least we know it's not a liver tumor! Another bws-mom said the spleen thing has happened to her son, too, so who knows? Maybe it happens to all of us but since we don't get quarterly ultrasounds, we don't know.
