Liz is so brave. She doesn't flinch at all and could probably draw her own blood at this point.
Liz has only a couple Lab Techs that she will allow to draw her. Thank goodness Ronnie was working today!
SO much blood!! We had to split up our Lab trips, as so much is needed for the 17 tests that are being run. We'll have to go back next week to finish.
Next on the schedule was the Cystic Fibrosis sweat test. The whole thing is fascinating and Liz decided this will be the topic of her Science Fair project this school year (which is why I took the pictures).
Two probes are placed on the skin and currents are passed for 5 minutes. Liz said it felt itchy and a little prickly....
...this "watch" is worn for 30 minutes. The sweat collects into the coiled tubing, which is clear, but turns blue as sweat collects....
...the coil is unraveled and the tubing is emptied into a bottle....
And there you have it.... a tiny vial of sweat that will tell us Liz does not have Cystic Fibrosis.
Around 5:00pm tonight, Liz started heaving and having a lot of stomach pain and we wondered if we'd end up in the ER. Her Zofran seems to have kicked in though, and for now we are home. In perfect timing, a wonderful family from our church, who we have never met before, stopped by with this huge bunch of balloons. Aren't they fun?! They brought many smiles on a day that was pretty yucky for Liz.
So that's our exhausting, three-hour-lab-trip, retching, bloody day. At least there were balloons at the end of it! : )
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