Every Little Bit Helps!!

This morning I received a call from John's rheumatologist. They ran labs at his last appointment to see how elevated some of the levels in his blood were that are indicators of inflammation. Everything was perfect except for one -- his SED rate. The SED rate is one of the biggest indicators of inflammation. Normal levels are 15 or lower, and John's is still at 25. Pretty high for a little dude, but MUCH lower than they have been (is average has been around 40, and it climbed to 112 while we were at Riley's in December). This is excellent news!! He has been off of his anti-inflammatory meds for a few days now, and he's doing very well with it so far. The colder weather that's creeped back up on us seems to be affecting him a little bit, but he's doing well with just tylenol. We'll probably sneak a couple doses of ibuprofen back in there to see if that helps him, but overall he's really doing great! I'm so proud of my little mister man and how he's handled everything so far. Hopefully we'll continue to have good news with each appointment in the future, and maybe ... just maybe ... his body has truly done the impossible and cured itself of an incurable disease!!