It has been a month since we last visited our IDI specialist. During our visit, He looked over my" Eva Calender" spreadsheet and decided to prescribe her with Septra. She has been taking it since September 30th. It has been a daily dosage of one teaspoon at night. I can only say that this has tremendously helped with her immune system. We have been illness free for a month! I hope when we get a blood draw in December the white blood counts is as good as they seem to be now.
Information obtained from www.webmd.com:
This medication is a combination of two antibiotics: sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. It is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections (such as middle ear, urine, respiratory, and intestinal infections). It is also used to prevent and treat a certain type of pneumonia (pneumocystis-type).
This medication should not be used in children less than 2 months of age due to the risk of serious side effects.This medication treats only certain types of infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as flu). Unnecessary use or misuse of any antibiotic can lead to its decreased effectiveness.
Also, I wanted to update her verbal/nonverbal communication. She is currently seeing two different speech therapists. They both work on the same concepts. One in specific knows more sign and continues to work with her on that. Eva is also starting to mimic her lips with those speaking to her to gain that verbal control that she must have in order to make those sounds herself. For example, if you say "cow says moooo", she will pucker her lips to mimic the moooo sound yet no sound will come from her, just the movements. This is definite progress. We are starting to believe that with the actions and progress she is making, apraxia is assumable not present. She is as some say moving forward.
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