Went to regular pediatrician
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| Tue, 04-18-2006 - 12:15am |
I love our regular pediatrician.
I took cait late this afternoon to see her. I still wasn't happy about Friday. She said she had heard and was going to call us to see how Cait was when she saw we were coming in. She was concerned because of Cait's history and her saying that similar things have happened on other occasions.
She told me that episodes like this that aren't one time occurances usually are from one of a few things; anemia, low blood sugar, heart arythmia, low blood pressure, or seizures. Well in the office she did a finger stick test for blood sugar and anemia, did an EKG for the arythmia, and checked caits blood pressure when laying down, sitting and standing.
She is calling the neuro's office herself to get Cait in quicker because I can't get ahold of them. They were closed this evening so she is calling in the morning then calling me on my cell phone.
Everything she did looked fine but seh is also sending on the EKG to a cardiologist to make sure. She thinks it is ok, but wants a specialist to look at it anyway.
FAR FLIPPING cry from a eye and ear screening, eh?
Renee


No kidding. It's scary to have a serious problem during off hours and you don't know who is on call. What a quack that guy was.
I'm glad you were able to get in to see your regular pediatrician.
Kelly
I'm glad to hear someone is taking you serious about Cait's seizure. How is she feeling? She must have been really scared, poor girl. Keep us posted about the neuro appointment.
Teresa
I hope you're able to get to the bottom of this! Your ped sounds like she's much better informed than the other guy! geez!
I have episodes that sound like Cait described but we know mine are related to low blood pressure and low blood sugar. My older two kids also have the same thing. Since those tests looked fine, I'm sure you'll pursue all the other angle as far as you can push!
I hope you find some answers for Cait! I'm so disappointed for you that things didn't continue to go along as normal as possible!
Betsy
Renee,
How's Cait been doing? Anymore seizures? Did you get the appt set up with the neuro dr? It's good that everything looked fine according to your dr. I hope everything turns out ok. Let us know how the neuro appt goes.
michelle
So glad to hear that someone is taking this seriously!
Let us know how things go
Chrystee
Hugs for you both. Let us know what you find out.
Samantha