Posts Tagged ‘ivig’
IVig Begins…? Myopathy
Posted by: Admin on: November 18, 2008
IVig treatments begin and she will have five visits. She seemed to tolerate everything pretty well. During the treatments she only had a couple of minor headaches, but nothing a little medicine didn’t take away. The second day of the treatments, the neuromuscular doctor stopped in to speak with us. He told my daughter that he [...]
Muscle Biopsy #2
Posted by: Admin on: November 13, 2008
It’s the first of October, and the second muscle biopsy is performed. My daughter states that this biopsy was much more painful than the first. Three large samples were collected and we expect the preliminary results to return in 10-14 days. The doctor says that the blood work done last week was normal, and he [...]
Perhaps The Start Of A Plan?
Posted by: Admin on: November 13, 2008
It’s the end of September now and we have arrived for the next neuromuscular appointment. The doctor begins the appointment by giving his report to my daughter on the MRI which was normal and the last batch of blood work, also normal. He tests her arm and leg strength and notices a definite improvement. Since her muscles (mostly in her [...]
