September 2013 Moms

White Blood Cell Count UPDATE

lilqt3929lilqt3929 member
edited October 2014 in September 2013 Moms
We took LO in for her 1 year checkup yesterday, along with 3 shots and a blood draw. A little after we got home I got a call from the doctors office saying LO's white blood cell count is elevated and they want us to come back in Friday for a recheck :(. They mentioned that it could simply be because she was so upset but didn't mention anything else, just that they wanted to recheck. Has anyone else had this happen? Did you get any answers? Was it just because LO was so upset?

She was very upset as we had to wait almost an hour and a half to see the doctor since they were running behind due to an emergency. She was very antsy and just wanted to run around and play plus on the verge of hungry (for more then the cheerios and applesauce I had with us ). She also had to have 3 shots before we went to the lab for the blood draw, which they had to try both arms because they couldn't get the vein in the first arm :(. Hopefully it was just due to being upset but I'm leary about how they can determine it's just because of that, I mean what LO is not upset with a blood draw etc.?

Anyways no real real point to this thread, just wondering if anyone else had this happen and what were the end results.

UPDATE :
We took LO in for the scheduled redraw but the laboratory was not successful. The only one able to draw blood was not experienced in babies so they asked us to come back on Monday when someone will be there who is experienced with drawing blood from babies. I did ask them about the finger or heel prick and they told me that it was something they just don't do at their office. Which I do remember when LO was just a few days old we had to bring her back up to the hospital to have a heel prick done to check her jaundice level. Sometimes I wish we would have picked a pediatrician's office instead of our family doctor :/. Anyways I will update everyone on Monday (hopefully).

Re: White Blood Cell Count UPDATE

  • lilqt3929lilqt3929 member
    edited October 2014
    @SweetC80‌ The doctors office said it's routine at the 1 year well child checkup.

    ETA : Did all your LO's have a blood draw at the 1 year checkup?


  • ETA : Did all your LO's have a blood draw at the 1 year checkup?

    My LO had a heel prick at her 1 yr appt and her hemoglobin was low (9.9 and they want it over 11) so I had to take her to the lab to get bloodwork. Haven't gotten the results yet.

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  • it was a finger prick where they squeezed out kind of a lot of blood.  Really pissed her off ....
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  • MeganbrynMeganbryn member
    edited October 2014
    Awe hopefully that is the case and there won't be further issues! My LO has never had to get blood drawn except for when she was a newborn.
  • Hmm, now I'm wondering why they did a blood draw from the vein instead of a finger or heel prick...I definitely will be asking about that tomorrow.

    Thank you for all your responses, I'll keep everyone posted. I hope to have results tomorrow night or on saturday (thank god for the doctor's night and weekend hours! ).
  • We had a heel prick at 9 months I think for lead and a toe prick at 1 year to check hemoglobin.

    I hope everything goes better at the recheck! An hour and a half is a long time for a 1 year old to wait. I don't think my LO could have done it!
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  • We had a finger price at 1 yr to test hemoglobin. I agree with pp it looked like a ton of blood she kept squeezing her finger.

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  • No blood draws for our little boy since he was born! No mention of any in the near future either...
  • DS had a finger prick at his 1 year appt. T's and Ps for you and your LO tomorrow.
  • @Zembits‌ thank you for the information. We did a little research on our own and saw pretty much the same things you've mentioned, makes me feel better that it could be from things that aren't too serious. I just panicked when I heard the words "recheck because blood results didn't come back normal". DH keeps reassuring me everything will be fine, I hope he's right :). The nurse did not give me the exact number count but now that I've gotten a little educated on it I'll know more of what to ask. Thank you again and I appreciate the rambling :)
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