Poor little Edie's cheeks have gotten so plump she doesn't look like the same baby to me. She has been extremely mellow lately and even when she plays she sits with a straight face. It has been a hard week waiting for the next EEG that will hopefully look good so she will be able to wean off of the steroids. We don't feel like we have met the true Edith yet because she was in pain before starting treatment and now she is drugged up. Her WBC was elevated to 18,000 for the CBC they did on Tuesday at the University. A side effect of the steroid is susceptibility to infection, so they wanted to check into it. Which led to a 2.5 hour follow up at the pediatrician Thursday after work. Grandma and Grandpa Jensen stayed with the big girls while Edith was subjected to a blood draw and a catheter. Her WBC was up to 32,000. Yep, another CBC scheduled for Friday as well as blood and urine cultures. After all of that and a call to pediatric hematology, it seems that the elevation was due to the high dose of steroid only. Good news!
Edith peed in the potty for the first time! Daddy poured warm water on her feet to get her to go.
Our little straight-faced chubby girl
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