both of my kids

[emilyandlawsmom]

Please forgive me this is my first time. My daughter is 2 1/2 and my son turned 1 on Tuesday. Emily has autoimmune neutropenia. She was diagnosed Feb. of this year. She was not born with it. Got a call today from her Dr. who told me her ANA test was positive at 460. We did one in May that was negative. (big change!) She has been on neupogen shots since Feb. My son was getting tested for something else and they found that his WBC was 5000 w/gran at 9. Total ANC 450 and platelets were a little low. He had blood work done about 6mo ago that looked great. The Dr. was pretty surprised about both. We're going back in Monday. Does anyone have any feedback for me? I'm not sure what to think.

[emilyandlawsmom]

My grandmother and aunt both have fibromyalgia but that isn't autoimmune, right? We dont have all the history on my husbands side due to an adoption. My doc says she thinks I have some sort of connective tissue disease and has refered me to  a rheumatologist but I really haven't been feeling that bad lately so I haven't gone. Emilys ana is 1:640. It was neg a few mo. age. From what i gather thats pretty high. I don't really know what to look for in her to know if there are other signs. She doesn't ever say that she doesn't feel good.
Shes only 2 1/2. Do you know?

[kmil1999]

I don't have anything helpful for you, but I wanted to say hi.  I know you must be going thru a tough time.  Worry over kids is nothing you can even imagine if you have never had kids!  Hope everything is well and will be sending positive thoughts your way!  Does autoimmune diseases run in your family?  Keep us posted.   Karen