Max had a good glucose check this week, but we still got to hang out with our favorite endocrinologst. When we were able to decrease his steroids the first two weeks in December Max actually grew almost 1cm. I was very excited, because this means that he is able to produce a little bit of hormones, but the doctor told us not to get our hopes up 1cm isn't very much and now with the increase in steroids we won't be seeing any more growth for quite awhile. He also lost a little bit of weight since we have started the chemo.
The only problem is that with this little bit of growth it has slimmed him down more than he already was and his pants aren't fitting any more, even his pullups just slip right off when he runs, so he has mastered the art of grabbing his britches and taking off. We have increased the amount of supplements that he is getting in hopes that we can bulk him up a little. We are running some more tests on the actual functioning of his pancreas so that we can start to monitor closely, they are also going to get us set up with a class on how to use a glucose monitor and track his blood sugars. But there doesn't seem to be any immediate need to begin insulin. We will wait to get more of the results back this week.
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