Liza jane.

I just looked up some blood test results on one of Alan's blood tests from April 3, 2003.

ANTINUCLEAR AB W/RFX IFA
ANTI-NUCLEAR AB POSITIVE
ANA TITER & PATTERN
ANTI-NUCLEAR AB TITER
Reference Range:
<1:40 Negative
1:40 - 1:80 Low Antibody level
> 1:80 Elevated Antibody Level

Interpretive Note: The above results suggest the possibility of clinically significant autoimmune antibodies that may be detected by ENA (Sm, RNP, SS-A, SS-B, Scl-70, Jo-1) antibody assay or a dsDNA antibody assay.

Then in a CBC W/DIFF & PLT, the only thing that kicked in the abnormal range wa PLATELET COUNT which was 132. AND ESR,WESTERGREN which was 30.

I want to mention something about Alan's Ferritin Level. In a test from January 3, 2003, his ferritin level was 436.4. The range is 35-250 so he's high, right.
Well, yesterday when we came home from the birthday party, his cousin was driving the car and we were talking about a blood test she took a long time ago, and the only thing odd was her ferritin level, it was about 1400 so she had to give blood 3 times and it was normal after that.

Don't know if that info helps.

Also Alan took a hecromatosis test in 2003 and all was fine. They said "no, he does not have hecromatosis". We checked on that because one of his other cousins had it.


Oh, his Iron Profile Level was as follows:
Iron - 61
TIBC - 258
transferrin Sat 23.6

Nothing bad about those numbers, I think.

And I found a test named Gliadin Antibody IgA and IgG (If Quest)
Anti-Gliadin Antibody IgA: 8
Anti-Gliadin Antibody IgG: 8
Ref Text :reference range for Fliadin AB:neg. <20;weak
pos. 20-30; strong pos >30

I have no idea what this means.
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I forgot to say one more thing (and it might be important).

Alan's mother had Guilliam Barre Syndrome when she wa 48. She died many years ago at the age of 53. She was obese and had a heart attack.

But she was hospitalized for the GB for many months. Alan was 14 at the time.

We have mentioned this to every single doctor we have seen and they all pooh-poohed this.

I'm wondering???????????????????????????

Melody

OH, ALAN HAD HIS HEART SURGERY, (ANGIOPLASTY AND THE STENTING AT METHODIST)