More Biomed Stuff

We got the results back from Isaac's stool lab tests.  Basically, his gut is really out of wack!!!
He has a build up of harmful bacteria in his bowels.  And, if I am reading the results correctly, he has microscopic yeast build up as well.  He does not seem to be digesting carbohydrates properly. 

I got a little lost on the technical stuff, and just took the rest of the test results to mean that he is having gut problems and irritable bowel.  It reports:

Lysozyme is very high (1070—normal should be less than 600)
Lactoferrin is very high (12.8—should be less than 7.3)
Secretory IgA is higher than normal (258)
Ph is off and Valerate is low (whatever that is)

So, now I am going to have to get the doc to translate all this.  One day I will know what it all means when someone rattles it off!  The results confirm our suspicions of bowel problems.  He has had ammonia smelling poo in the past, and he frequently pushes objects into his stomach.  I wonder if he has been in pain this whole time without us even knowing it. 

As far as progress, I am still seeing improvements in Isaac daily.  He is understanding more of what I've been saying to him.  No doubt.  He seems so much more like a person I can talk to.  I think he is doing more imaginative play too.  He gets his toy phone, and instead of saying the same old thing, he variates the conversation.  I hear him say stuff about houses (probably because we have been selling and buying a house, therefore we are talking about houses a lot on the phone).  It's mostly immitation of us, but he mixes it up into his own thing.

Also, I watched Isaac tell his stuffed fish to say “Good morning” into his little toy microphone (the teacher at his daycare tells all the kids to say "good morning" into one of those echo microphones). Then he put the microphone over the fish’s mouth and said, “GOODMORNING!!!!”

It was sooo cute!!!

I'm including a photo of the boys on Easter weekend.  We enjoyed the great weather in our beautiful yard. This is the last Easter we will spend at this house.  It is the house we brought Isaac and Josiah home to as little, tiny newborns. I will miss it, but I'm also glad to be moving on!  Next post, I will update on our move!