Newest Developments

Our newest development consists of Ross having acute symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis. For two weeks he felt as if someone was strangeling him; so on August 20he had an EGD. The scope showed a pretty nasty looking esophagus just to be frank. He has several rings, furrowing, strictures, and plaque. All indicative of EE. While waiting for the pathology reports from the biopsies taken, we decided to have him allergy tested. He had been tested for environmental allergens as a teenager; but they tested limited foods. His results showed the following: wheat, corn, oat, rice, rye, onion, yeast, green bean, green pea, orange, and soy. This is in addition to peanut, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish we already knew to be positive. Finally we received the results from the biopsies. He has 50 eos/hpf in his distal esophagus and 80 eos/hpf in his mid esophagus. If you have read Abigail's Story, you will see that her eos/hpf were 90; so they are both in pretty rough shape. We are hoping that since Ross' symptoms have just now exacerbated many years since his first onset (which looking back, was when he was a toddler), that his case will be less severe than Abigail's. We have been having difficulty finding an adult GI that has experience with EE, so we are also taking him to Cincinnati. We have begun the process and look forward to an acceptance call within the next 2 to 4 weeks.