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Old Wed Dec 13, 2006, 11:00 PM
skoopman skoopman is offline
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Serum sickness

Hi Laurie,

Anytime you are treated with an animal protein you have the potential for serum sickness since foreign substances are being introduced into the system. My daughter had rabbit ATG and delevloped serum sickness about 2 weeks after ATG. The typical treatment consists of prednisone and pain meds. My daughter was in so much pain she couldnt walk to the bathroom. The worst day was probably her 5th birthday when she slept all but 30 minutes of the day away to escape from the pain. It did go away completely.

Is your dad on any steroids? When was his ATG?

Good luck,
Suzanne
mom to Michelle, age 6, SAA 6-1-05, BMT 11-11-05
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