Blood draws today- update below

CarrieB.

As a follow up to LO's 1 year old appointment, I have to take her in for a lot of blood draws today- lead paint, food allergy test (reacted to pine nuts a couple months ago) and another panel to rule out any autoimmune disorders like lupus. She has really purple hands and feet all the time now that it's cold and the pedi said her veins and arteries are probably just not fully developed, but she just wants to check for the autoimmune disorders just in case. This might be a rough day.

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Aww good luck!

cagoldi

Hope they are able to draw quickly and you get the results back soon.

mskatiep

Aww poor kiddo, I hope everything turns out ok!

mwhipple77

I hope everything went ok and you get positive results!

CarrieB.

update: All was fine. Blood draw went fine. And no food allergies, no autoimmune issues. 

I talked to the doctor last week and she says she just has Reynaud's syndrome, which means her hands and feet get really cold, really easily. So we need to be careful and not have her out in the cold too much since she is more susceptible to frostbite. 

thanks for all the good thoughts!

CarrieB.

wedding06 said:

Great update!! My mom has Reynauds and just has to be really diligent about gloves for the most part.

Thanks! My sister has Reynaud's too, so I guess it can be hereditary.