At around 3:30 am, Stephen took SD in to the ER at Munson. SD had been there several times before; he is susceptible to respitory illnesses. The symptoms this time were different, though.
After an hour or two, the doctors there decided to fly SD down to the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids. He had a number of conflicting symptoms, but the deciding factor was that both his white and red blood cell counts were low. His red blood cell count was 5, and around 13 is normal. They were suspecting Leukemia.
While at the Munson ER, he received a shot of steroids (which is pretty much standard for the respitory problems he gets), and that seemed to clear up his drooling. By the time they were on the plane, he was already doing better.
Mandy, Emma, and Grandma Cleary drove down this afternoon while SD was getting his first blood transfusion. The red blood cell count came up to around 7, so they gave him another one later in the evening.
At this point, the doctors thought that it was a virus that had settled into SD's bone marrow. They didn't rule out Leukemia, though; it seemed like every test was inconclusive.
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