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My son is 7 months post-ATG. He had his last transfusion a week after the ATG. His response has been a very, very slow upward trend in counts, with a slight crash when he had a virus two months ago. Now his platelets are just over 70 (12 at diagnosis), red counts not too much below normal, white counts all normal. He's been on a very slow cyclosporine and prednisone taper for two months now and his counts have still been creeping up. Other than taking medication and needing perhaps an extra hour of sleep a night (or short nap during the day), his life is completely normal and he has no complaints except for the side affects of the drugs.
His doctor was making noise about calling the ATG a failure when three months after the ATG his counts hadn't miraculously bounded back, but I had done so much research, and found posts by so many people who said it took a year or more, that I insisted we wait at least a year. Now his doctor is very happy with his progress.
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