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Hi @caretakermom 😊 It is great to hear from you!
The blood test I received was called Cytomegalovirus Ab, Igm, S and it came back as "Positive". The Standard Range is listed as "Negative". So this blood test returns as either Positive or Negative with no numerical values. Please keep me posted after you speak with Mayo about the test you received!

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The lab result came back with 1.6 and according to google, anything > 1.1 is considered positive CMV antibodies. Lab result does not say positive/negative and neither does it have a standard reference range, so I was curious to know what your result specify. We will probably hear from nurse tomorrow when rest of labs are available. Important to know if positive igG CMV because my hubby has cavities(delayed dental visit because of CMV was supposed to go in early August) that needs to be fixed, before they become a serious problem. Nurse says left cavities left untreated the dental infection can potentially migrate to other parts of body such as heart which may then cause serious issues. So they're trying to get him off Valcyte as soon as possible. If this week lab shows neg CMV(must be 3x in a row total, the previous 2 labs show undetected/<200 ) then the plan is to take him off Valcyte so his WBC can come back up. Then when WBC gets to be at least a 3 he can see dentist to fix cavities!!! WBC from previous lab is still very low so am hoping that once he is off Valcyte WBC will increase!
Hopefully this will happen soon...