The follow-up appointment today went just as I suspected it would. Mackerdoodle’s kidneys were pronounced healthy and it was determined that no further tests were needed unless another UTI showed up.
They combined this visit with her 9 month well baby visit, and declared her healthy on those fronts as well. There were no shots this time around, just a finger prick to test her hemoglobin - which was healthy.
After having her finger pricked (which was not her favorite moment of the morning) mackerdoodle received her first band-aid. She looked at her finger, and then tried to shake off the strange pink coating. When the nurse said, “All finished here.” my baby girl held out her hand and shook it again, as if to say, “I think you left something behind.” So there’s nothing wrong with her intelligence, either.
Cyndy said,
May 15, 2008 at 4:05 pm
After reading your previous post about this and this one I’m happy they have decided she is healthy. We went through a similar situation with Daughter when she was about the same age. They had to draw blood to run some tests and in order to do that we had to go to the NICU at the local hospital. She SCREAMED hard…and she was not prone to do that. It about broke this Mama’s heart. I was very pleased when after a few more tests and procedures she was pronounced healthy.
Sometimes, when I hear stories like this, I wonder if they are hoping to find something, but I know they just want to err on the side of caution. It’s a hard thing to go through though.