This time last year.....

This time last year Broc was laying in the ICU recovering from his Open Heart Surgery.I cannot believe what a fragile state he was in then and looking at him today he is doing great heart wise.

This was him last year .......

And this is our Buddy a year later.....

This is Broc's favorite thing to do when we go to Sears.He love's to try out all the new models that they have.


A lot of things have happened this month but I am waiting for a few more answers and then I will post all the information for you all.Till then have a great day.

Our first snow of Winter

Yesterday we had our first snow.The boys loved watching it fall.At first it came down as snow pellets and then it started falling.It stuck for a little while and then all melted.
Here are some pics.They are a little grainy as they are cell phone pics and taken at night.

On another note our Buddy has strep again.That would explain his fever this week.He is so smart that he doesn't tell me when his throat is sore as he knows that he will have to get it swabbed.It took 3 of us to hold him down yesterday.It's worse than having blood taken as far as he is concerned.

He is so happy today is his last blood draw for the cyclic neutropenia testing.YIPEEEE !!!!!
We are quite certain that he doesn't have it.In a way we are happy that he doesn't but it still doesn't explain why he gets ill all the time.But we can check it off the list.

His CT Scan for his sinuses has been scheduled for next week and are eagerly waiting to see what that has to say.It will be great if they are the problem and if they are causing all his infections.We can easily treat his sinuses with strong antibiotics.If his sinuses are clear then we are back to square one again.

Not sure if you can see but if you look really closely Daddy's hard work has payed off and his grass is starting to grow on the hill.I am so happy as he has worked really hard on that while he was off work.

Looking forward to a housebound weekend so our Buddy can get better.Lots of movies and cuddles here we come.

Hand ,Foot and Mouth Disease

Poor Buddy ontop of the upper resp/sinus infection that he has he now has Hand,Foot and Mouth Disease.Thank goodness he only has the mouth part with the fever and general not feeling well.He also has some lymph nodes that are swollen but that is due to the infection that he has.

He is still doing the testing and so far his lowest ANC number has been 1500.Dr H said that as long as he stays above that number he will not have cyclic nuetropenia.He wants us to test for another week to see if there is any change.

He said that Broc does not have any immune deficiency but that his body has an abnormal reaction to every virus that he gets.So by the time he is done with this one which will be about 5-7 days he said that he will have caught another one from somewhere.

He said that we are doing all we can to protect him.Just to keep him happy and comfortable when he does get ill.It seems like putting him on antibiotics at the first sign of a sinus/upper resp seems to make it much more bearable.By now he would have developed croup and still be really bad but we have not gotten there yet and are hoping that the antibiotics are keeping the infection part at bay.

Little Mark has been dx with Asthma as well.His seems like it is exercise induced.We are hoping to get it under control before the extreme cold weather approaches.

Daddy is working hard on the yard and planting the rest of the grass seed.Our backyard looks like an agriculture property.