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Well the foot hurting like crazy from the last post turned in to another trip to the ER (3rd in 2 1/2 weeks). This resulted in Jeremy being admitted to the hospital for 3 days with possible arthritic sepsis. Fortunately, they did not have to do surgery and he was treated with IV antibiotics for some unknown infection, (not arthritic sepsis) which caused his foot to swell and be very painful. He's been home for a week now and he actually was able to attend school for 5 days in a row this week. That was definitely an accomplishment. He has his homework all caught up and is keeping his grades up despite the fact that he is out of school just about as much as he is in school these days. He did start the medicine that we had received so much advice against starting for him. With the anemia progressing, it was determined that he is probably losing blood still and we need to be more aggressive with his treatments. We felt backed into a corner and had no other options so we're hoping this will work for him. He now takes between 16 and 22 pills a day. Seems a bit much for a 13 year old but he is the most compliant patient I have ever seen.
Before he writes it, let me say... his mother wrote this post.

Hospitals Galore

What a week it has been...
First up, on Sunday 2 weeks ago, i was in the hospital all day because I had a bad cold or flu or thingamajig. It wasn't too much fun. While I was there, they discovered that I was annemic and I had low blood levels, not too much fun either. So now I had to take iron pills.
On Monday next week, I was once again hospitalized for light-headedness, dizziness, and trouble breathing. My blood levels had dropped even lower, so we went up to Cleveland that night. Next morning, we saw Dr. Kay, who started me on two more pills, one of which we didn't want me to go on. And to top it all off, my foot has started hurting like crazy! Oh well. Just hope i get better soon.
PS: I wrote this!