16 month old highly elevated ESR
My 16 month old son, 26 pounds, has a history of recurrent illness. He started daycare in July of 25 at 7 months old and caught every illness under the sun, as well as pneumonia 3 times in a span of 6 months. This prompted his pediatrician to order blood tests to check for inflammation for markers of possible immunodeficiency. We got his bloodwork done today (CBC w/diff, CMP, and Sed rate or ESR). The most concerning things for me were his ESR came back very elevated at 73mm/Hr (normal below 20) & his platelets came back elevated at 466. His hemoglobin was low as well as his BUN. While his Albumin was elevated. Also would like to note, we pulled him out of daycare after his third pneumonia diagnosis and he has been healthy going on 4 weeks. The longest he’s been healthy in 9 months!
I have no idea what any of this means and most likely wont receive any feedback from his doctor until Monday. What could these results possibly mean? Signed, An anxious spiraling momma!