Luke Update

Quick update on Luke – I took him to Duke hospital today to see a pediatric rheumatologist.  He’s had swelling in his right foot off and on for the last year.  We had a good visit.  He saw about 4 doctors in the whole process of things.  The main guy believes he has “post-strep arthritis” – which is related to a strep infection.  He’s going to go on an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory to see if the swelling decreases, and then check back in in a month.  He’ll then likely have to be on the antibiotic for a year or so, as a preventative.

All in all, this is pretty good news.  There are some more serious things it could have been but it’s looking like those are getting ruled out.

Just thought I’d update, since several of you have asked.  Thanks for praying for Luke and me today.  We did wear our Carolina shirts.  And it turns out that apparently there are more Carolina fans than Duke fans working there, based on the comments we heard.  (It’s always good to see nice Carolina people taking Duke money)

One funny thing – the first doc was doing the intake and asked about allergies.  When I said he had none, he looked at me as seriously as he could and said “Yes I do, dad.  I’m allergic to pickles.”  She wrote that down on his chart.