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Originally Posted by skoopman
Gina,
I also wrote to you on the Aplastic Central site but thought I would check in here and lo and behold you have updated.
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awww, sorry suzanne, i do log in from time to time, just not so often. guess i missed it
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It looks like they did do titers and he does have some immunity? Can I ask to what? How far out is Shane from BMT?
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yes, they did titers for a whole host of things. and yes, he does have sufficient immunity to some. i stopped listening once she got past MMR - that was the only vaccine i was concerned about because it's live. shane is now 2 years + 3 months post BMT.
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Michelle's nurse practioner has said that with BMT's the body gets a type of anmesia, for lack of a better word, and even if immunity is transferred over at some point it is lost. However it seems like Shane should be well past that point.
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wow, you learn something new everyday
yes, it does appear that shane has held on to some of the immunity that his brothers bone marrow provided. i'm just so pleased the titers showed immunity to the MMR vaccine. i was with the doctor when she called through to the lab to get the results. honestly, it appears that the docs here know so very little about AA - it's a continuous learning curve. it's not that i don't feel they are competent, because i know that if they are in doubt, they do consult with the AA specialist in london.
the lab was saying that shane's titers showed immunity to MMR. for the next five minutes or so on the phone with them, she was trying to ascertain what was an acceptable level. it turns out that the fact that he showed *any* amount of immunity, meant that he was immune.
i hope that's helped.
i notice by michelle's BMT date, she is almost just one year behind shane. do the docs plan to re-vaccinate? if so, are there any live vaccine's involved?
gina xxx