The long story (for those of you who like more detail): We took Lyla in for her blood test and to have a urine bag strapped on. She did SUPER for her blood test, seriously didn't even wince! The bag didn't catch pee, and then it caught poop (woops!). So, no urine to culture or analyze. However, the blood results came back awesome, except for one thing. She had low blood sugar. It was super weird because she had a really big breakfast of frosted mini wheats and half a banana within an hour of getting her blood drawn. So, I took her in on Wednesday morning for a fasting glucose test (think diabetes monitor) and the results were super! The doctor said that if blood sits too long in the lab, it will have a low blood sugar reading...so all was well with that. Strapped another bag on for urine, no luck. Sent me home with some bags to see if I can get some at home, but I was having the hardest time! I know why doctors use a catheter on young kids now! Anyway, we FINALLY got a specimen and brought it in on Tuesday. Analysis came back fine, and later the culture seems to be fine too (there were actually lots of weird things growing in it, probably from her poop, skin, maybe even spit...who knows!). Anyway, nothing that alerted the doctor. So, now we go in for another weight check in a few weeks and see. If she gains percentiles on the curve, that would be awesome! If she stays on her own little curve, off the chart, we will probably call the endocrinologist and see what he suggests. If her own curve starts looking downward, we'll head to the endocrinologist, just to get his opinion on the matter. Whew, bet when you started reading the long version, you didn't know you would be reading a novel!!
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