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Teaching Jeremiah, A Journey into the Mind of an Asperger's Child
May. 15, 2008
Tattooed Foreheads!
On Tuesday, I took Jerry for his check-up with Dr. Rao, his psychiatrist. Now on both Risperdal for his mood swings and Zoloft for his obsessive compulsive behaviors, he needs to see Dr. Rao more frequently for medication management. Anyway, Dr. Rao was quite concerned about some labs that had come back on Jeremiah after a routine bloodwork exam at his last physical. It appeared as though his kidneys and liver were not functioning properly and this was not at all related to his medications.
Obviously, panicked, I made a few calls for referrals and managed to get Jeremiah an appointment for both a G.I. and kidney doctor on the same day...yesterday. John took off from work, we farmed out children to families willing to take them on for the day, and off we went early in the morning.
The G.I. doctor had a few concerns, but not related to Jerry's bloodwork...rather his bathroom habits. We'll just leave it at that! He ordered an x-ray and more labs, including a stool sample!
The kidney doctor ruled out kidney problems after a urinalysis. We got the x-ray and had Jerry's blood drawn before calling it a day and then, thankfully, Jerry provided the stool sample shortly after we got home. I want my pastor to add collecting stool samples into his Mother's Day message next year when he speaks of all we moms have to do! I think that beats out wiping runny noses and changing diapers. We even had to stir it in the vials the lab provided with little wooden spoon sticks. YUCK and thank God for a husband who doesn't mind "dirty jobs"!
So with pooh in my fridge waiting to be driven to the lab, a needle stick in Jerry's poor little arm, and an extra tummy x-ray to appease Jerry from the lab tech, Jerry earned his forehead pirate tattoo. Results of all of these labs and tests will be in on May 28th. The doctor doesn't think it's anything serious, but wants to rule some things out just to be safe.
Be praying!
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May. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Tammy
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