Happy to be home!

Our happy boy.

Snuggling with gramdma in the hospital!

Yeah, we were discharged from the hospital today. Kellen is not quite a 100% but well enough to go home. The results from the sweat test were not back yet, we will get them when we follow up with our pediatrician (Dr.Lisa) next week. They also did some more blood work today and that came back normal. Kellen is eating and drinking a little better but not back to his norm. He had no vomiting today and not as many loose stools.

The plan is to continue to see Dr Mccomber our GI (gastrointestinal) as well as a new doctor, Dr. Caspers. He is an immunologist. Our doctors think it would be good to pick Dr. Caspers brain to see if he has any thoughts or suggestion regarding Kellen's condition. The doctors said Kellen's situation is so rare that they can only speculate why it is occurring. Their theory is that Kellen is very sensitive to vaccinations. When vaccinated, Kellen's immune system is sent into overdrive causing the lymph nodes in his gut to swell. This reaction causes inflammation in his gut and is possibly why he gets the intussecption after vaccines. Again, this is only a theory. For now, we will hold off on Kellen's immunizations until his gut heals. In the future if we vaccinate him, he will need steroids prior to the vaccination and after to help decrease the inflammation in his gut caused by the vaccine. This will hopefully prevent an intusseption.

Thank you to everyone for all you prayers and concerns. We are so happy we did not get any bad news today. The Engens