Vote For Parker

It was about 10 days ago that I decided that I needed to let the rest of the world know how cute Parker was. I figured I would do this by entering him in a baby photo contest so I hit the web looking for a contest to enter him in. It did not take me very long to find a contest to enter my good looking boy's picture. The theme for the contest was April Fool's Day (silly pictures) so I figured I would enter the picture where he was hidden under the blanket, peeking over his mother's shoulder. So I need everyone to help Parker out and vote once a day for the little man. I posted the link on the right side of the page, so please help Parker win a $50 gift certtificate to Toys 'R Us.

Now I must apologise for not letting people know what was going on with my little man earlier this week. It was quite the busy week for me so I did not have too much time to write. That said, I am back at the computer ready to keep Parker's fans informed of his current heroics.

It was Wednesday evening that Parker spiked a fever of 37.9 degrees Celcius. It is hospital protocol to place a child on antibiotics (IV) whenever the temperature is outide of the range of 37.0 - 37.8. As a result, Parker was placed on antibiotics for 48 hours as we waited to see if a blood culture grew from a sample they took from him. Two days passed, nothing grew and Parker was taken off the antibiotics.

The difficulty with being on antibiotics through an IV is that Parker receives 240 mL of fluid (no calories) throughout the day. This does not make Parker less hungry but it sure does make him less thirsty. The result, Parker eats less and receives fewer calories. My wife and I were definately worried that he would not be gaining weight while he was on the IV. Most of you noticed that we had not weighed him since Wednesday when the IV went in since our schedule at night had changed. We did get a chance to obtain his weight tonight and were pleasently surprised with a large positive weight change. Parker currently weighs over 10 pounds and 11 ounces.

Tomorrow, we are meeting up with a family from the States who also have a child with SCID-ADA. There child is currently nine years old and on PEG-ADA. It will definately be nice to speak with a family who has gone through a very similar situation.

Not sure if anyone caught me on the radio yesterday afternoon. The Hospital for Sick Children was having a radiothon on 1010 CFRB among other stations and I got to talk about Parker's story. Apparently, I did not sound too bad. I did give out this website so that more people can learn about SCID and ADA. If you want a copy, Grand-dad taped it for me.

So remember, let the world know who the cutest baby in the world is by voting for Parker.