GAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Miss Priss is not getting better. I mean, she is just... still Limp Noodle Girl, still gets tired so easily, still gets pale after standing for only a few minutes, etc. I took her for blood work on Monday, and a sonogram on Tuesday to make sure her spleen isn't enlarged, and... everything looks good except... her antigen/antibody levels. The normal is 30. Hers is 75.
So, we went in to our regular doc this morning for a followup and... the PA and the doc took one look at her, frowned and said, "Okay, we need to have somebody else look at her, because she should be improving, and she's not. Because all her blood work came back normal... except for the antigen/antibody levels."
So, they sent us to a pediatrician in Austin who has much more experience with this, and she was this teeny, tiny little woman who made me feel like an absolute giant. I think she was probably about 4' 10", and maybe weighed 90 pounds, soaking wet. Teeny, tiny, dainty, and probably stronger than steel!
Anyhow, Dr. Ma looked at the Impertinent Daughter, examined her, read over the reports minutely, and asked many, many questions. End result? Miss Priss had had a nasty virus at the beginning of winter break, and never really seemed to get her mojo back. Then the mono slammed into her. Well, Dr. Ma thinks the mono was a secondary infection, hitting her because she was weakened by the pre-Christmas virus. And she's still Limp Noodle Girl because... she's still in the acute phase.
*pulls out hair*
So... this means another week out of school, another week of trying to keep her in bed, another week of trying to tempt her appetite, another week of calling the school and trying to explain that she has mono, she's still infectious, and she's still too weak to go to school. GAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
Somebody just... shoot me. Shoot me now.
On the way home, I stopped at Starbucks and got her a hot chocolate, and a slice of banana nut bread to tempt her appetite. And she's curled up on the couch, dozing and watching TV with her brother. Guess I need to start looking for something to boost her immune system and help her get over this. Got any suggestions, vicki_sine?
And I need to think of how to help her face the reality that playing soccer for her school just may not be a possibility this year. Some days , it sucks to be a mom, especially when one is the bearer of bad news. *sigh*
So, we went in to our regular doc this morning for a followup and... the PA and the doc took one look at her, frowned and said, "Okay, we need to have somebody else look at her, because she should be improving, and she's not. Because all her blood work came back normal... except for the antigen/antibody levels."
So, they sent us to a pediatrician in Austin who has much more experience with this, and she was this teeny, tiny little woman who made me feel like an absolute giant. I think she was probably about 4' 10", and maybe weighed 90 pounds, soaking wet. Teeny, tiny, dainty, and probably stronger than steel!
Anyhow, Dr. Ma looked at the Impertinent Daughter, examined her, read over the reports minutely, and asked many, many questions. End result? Miss Priss had had a nasty virus at the beginning of winter break, and never really seemed to get her mojo back. Then the mono slammed into her. Well, Dr. Ma thinks the mono was a secondary infection, hitting her because she was weakened by the pre-Christmas virus. And she's still Limp Noodle Girl because... she's still in the acute phase.
*pulls out hair*
So... this means another week out of school, another week of trying to keep her in bed, another week of trying to tempt her appetite, another week of calling the school and trying to explain that she has mono, she's still infectious, and she's still too weak to go to school. GAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
Somebody just... shoot me. Shoot me now.
On the way home, I stopped at Starbucks and got her a hot chocolate, and a slice of banana nut bread to tempt her appetite. And she's curled up on the couch, dozing and watching TV with her brother. Guess I need to start looking for something to boost her immune system and help her get over this. Got any suggestions, vicki_sine?
And I need to think of how to help her face the reality that playing soccer for her school just may not be a possibility this year. Some days , it sucks to be a mom, especially when one is the bearer of bad news. *sigh*