Well, Laurelei had her 6 month check up today (can you believe it?) and we are hoping everything looks great! She weighed in at 14 lbs 9oz and was 24 inches long. That puts our little one in the 20th and 10th percentile. She is scooting right along! As with all check up, the needles came along in full force! She had 3 shots in her legs which were so painful to watch, once again.
Then Dr. Mack informed us that in addition to her shots and regular check up, our hematologist from UK Children's Hospital wanted CBC, ritic. count and hemoglobin blood tests run as well. Now that Laurelei has gotten older, they can no longer take it from her heal, so we had to have the whole work up done with an IV and catheter in her arm. A nurse and I had to hold her down because she was really freaked out by all the needles and tubes. It was truly, truly awful!
Needless to say, we have had a long day with one whiny little Laurelei. Everytime she moves, gets moved or accidentally touches her leg she gets really upset. This afternoon we had about a 45 minute long weeping session which entailed our precious little baby clinging onto me and burying her head in my shoulder while she cried uncontrollably and couldn't be comforted.
In the end, this will all be worth it if we get just one day closer to a clean bill of health. While her thalassemia can never go away since its a genetic blood disease, we would love to hear that there are no dramatic symptoms showing up at this time. If so, Laurelei is needle free for 3 whole months! Our longest stretch so far! We are saying our prayers and continuing to count our blessings that we even have a beautiful little baby hear today. What a miracle she is!
Keep Laurelei in your thoughts, and hopefully we will all have big smiles in just a few short days!
Oh, that bandage around her arm is so sad!! Hope your last few days have been better!
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