I just spoke with Abigail's GI at ACH. The biopsy showed that Abigail has increased eosinophils at 12 eos/hpf in her lower esophagus. This number is no where near the 90eos/hpf like it was in December, but there should never be any eos present in the esophagus. There was also slight furrowing again. Her doctor doesn't want to change anything right now since we will be going to Cincinnati Children's in August. My question is; if we sit, wait, and do nothing will her eosinophils continue to rise? I guess that is something we will have to wait and see about. Abigail is still only drinking about a maximum of 21oz. per day, but she is maintaining her weight so her doctor is happy with it. For now anyway. Thankfully, her doctor is going to email, Dr. Putnum (Cincinnati GI) to give him the results of this last biopsy. Now, we continue to wait. Let me just say how fortunate we have been to have such a great Gastroenterologist. For any of you that are searching Arkansas or the surrounding area for a good GI that has experience with Eosinophilic Disorders, Dr. O'Connor is excellent.
Addendum: This scope was done less than 12 weeks after given steroids; therefore, these numbers are inconclusive. Most likely the eos/hpf would have been greater.
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