Updates on 9 month Dr. Appt.

I got a call from Elizabeth's doctor's office last night in regards to the appointment we had the night before. The appt on Monday night was just a well-child visit...no shots...just an exam, and iron/lead testing. They had to prick her little baby finger, and take some sample blood to test. Well, like I've previously stated, the nurse seemed to be having a hard time getting what she needed, and poor Miss E was cooperating so well. She was getting antsy, but, thats because she doesnt like it when you restrict her, and when we had to hold her and her finger/hand still, she was the least bit happy. The type of blood draw that was done on Monday evening was called a capilary draw...beings they just pricked her finger. So, anyways, the nurse said she had enough blood, and we got E all band-aided up and we were on our way. Ok...so, then I got a call last night saying that we need to come back in for another blood draw. This time, a venus draw, which, is when you draw the blood directly from the vein, b/c the lead levels in Elizabeth's blood was higher than normal. Average lead levels in a baby are between 0-9. E's levels are at 14. This could mean a few things. One being the obvious, she has lead in her blood. The second being that they just didn't get enough blood the first time around, so that threw the testing off. I am hoping for the second. So, tonight, I will take Elizabeth in once again (her doctor's office is 45 minutes away). And I am not looking forward to it, as drawing blood from a baby's vein just doesn't sound like it will be a good experience. It doesn't appear that E has any symptoms of lead poisoning, which, is a good sign. So, we'll keep our fingers crossed and hope to live to talk about tonights appointment in a blog later this week!