Not too much has been going on with Kai lately. Right now we have decided to go to physical therapy just once a month, due to cost and there isn't much they can do right now that can't be done at home. The key is actually doing it! I hate causing my sweet boy pain. We finally got Kai a much needed mattress. This seems to have helped his back pain.
I guess I didn't make much sense when I told Jeremy what Dr. Medne said. Because he called and spoke with her last week. She said that they are especially interested in Kai's case because his mutation occurred on a different gene than they have seen before. On top of this his presentation is much different than the other cases. So we will see what happens. Our trip to Philly in January should prove to be very interesting.

Biopsy Results

Last week I finally received a call from Dr. Medne at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. She had the results from Kai's skin biopsy that was taken a year ago. Unfortunately we are right back where we started three years ago. The test results came back normal. She told me that they have about twenty kids like Kai, who clinically present with either Ullrichs or Bethlem yet their biopsies come back normal. They think where there are so many that there may be a third gene that mutates instead of just two as they originally thought. I am still confused as to what this means so thank goodness we have appointment scheduled with Dr. Bonnemann in January. So we will just continue to take it one day at a time. Until next time.