My Second Son's Kawasaki Disease

When I was hospitalized, my son was 9 months old, and would be 10 months old in a few days.

After two weeks of hospitalization, he was discharged on the condition of home recuperation.

By the way, he was only eating a moderate amount of baby food. Most of his nutrition still came from breast milk.

There's data suggesting that breastfed babies are less likely to get Kawasaki disease, but that wasn't the case for us at all.

Kawasaki disease is an immune-related illness, so I guess breast milk doesn't directly affect the immune system.

So, if you're formula-feeding and your child gets Kawasaki disease, I think it's fair to say it's not related.

Recent data suggests that children who have taken antibiotics are more susceptible to Kawasaki disease, but my second son has never taken antibiotics even once since he was born.

When it happens, it happens; it's unavoidable.

Kawasaki disease is said to be a high-risk, low-risk disease.
Also, children must continue taking aspirin, a blood-thinning medication, for three months.

This drug increases the risk of encephalopathy if one gets the flu, which makes me anxious.

In that case, being in a group setting is very worrying, and when can he go to daycare?

Will I be able to work properly? I wanted to prepare the store this year, but I haven't been able to make much progress.

Of course, my second son's life is important, so I intend to take things at my own pace, even if it's slow like a snail.

Just the other day, Ose, a player for the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball team, released a video requesting blood donations for the human blood that forms the basis of immunoglobulin preparations, based on his own experience with Kawasaki disease in childhood.

Of those who contract Kawasaki disease, 3% develop coronary artery aneurysms. And a further few percent of those have sequelae. Some children have refractory disease, where the first-line treatment doesn't work.

It is also a dangerous disease that can lead to a life of taking blood-thinning medication, regular check-ups, and fearing the risk of myocardial infarction.

I hope that as many children with Kawasaki disease as possible will be saved in the future, and I plan to donate blood once I finish breastfeeding.

Just recently, the steroid medication was completely finished, but as soon as it ended, allergy symptoms appeared.

They subsided quickly with anti-allergy medication, but I realized that Prednisone had been suppressing various things.

I can't let my guard down yet.

Let's take it easy.