Well, some of you know me from way back and you know that I had my newest little guy on the 8th. We had a CVS done at 10 weeks and it confirmed it was a boy and then we had DNA done which showed he had SVCAH mutations like his older brother.

Well, he had his first endo appt after we were discharged at the hospital and they went ahead and gave him a shot of the ACTH and then took his blood at 60 min. There intention was to use the newborn screen as a base. Well, the ironic part was that he PASSED his newborn screen. His levels were 28.3 ng/ml and the cut off for that date was 31.3 ( I guess they put the results on a curve). I thought that was very interesting because with my first son I was expecting to get good results and I was in disbelief when they told me something was wrong. This time around I was expecting a higher number, ready to use it as his base for his ACTH stim test, and he passed!!!

For a fleeting moment I felt pure JOY at the thought that maybe he doesn’t have it. The lady did mention that maybe it’s a Christmas miracle. I don’t want to say that I don’t believe in miracles or God because I do but having DNA and a history of it...I’m much more of a skeptic these days. Anyway, we do go again to see the endo tomorrow for the results of the stim test and to find out if we need to adjust his medication. Newborn screen  here in TX said that they want to know when his next screen (they do two screens here) is done so they can follow it but now he is on meds so of course it will be normal.

Just thought I would share the irony of this time around compared to my first time with Jackson’s diagnosis!!

Sandra