Had Blood Test Today...

[Izak's Mom]

So Ike had his blood test today - the background is, I had wanted to do the Enterolab testing and our ped. was totally on board with it - that is, until she consulted with the hospital gastroenterologist, who told her there's no such thing as a reliable stool test (and when I asked if she'd even heard of and/or checked out Enterolab, the answer was "no" - hello? wouldn't you think it's worth a look?). Anyway, she offered to do a blood test through Prometheus (the CeliaGene, since the serum panel wouldn't be right as he's been gluten-free for months now) and I figured why not. I'm still not sure if the DQ2 gene or whatever it is can indicate gluten sensitivity, or if it's only for celiac specifically, but it'll be interesting to see the results. Poor Ike...he's been teething this whole week, drooly and rashy and fever and squirts - and so I dug up some emla cream to put on his inside elbows in preparation for the blood draw (it makes the skin totally numb) - but of course when we got there, the blood draw ladies couldn't find a vein in either arm and wound up having to poke the top of his hand...he screamed bloody murder the whole time. I don't blame him, I've gotten poked there and it's ouchy! But I guess the good news was that with his mouth wide open and yelling, I saw what had been bothering him the whole week - a giant white molar poking through his top gum! So we've got a 1-2 week wait for the results...will keep you posted.

-E

[AndreaB]

Poor guy. That doesn't sound like fun at all.

Please let us know what the gene test says.

Hope he feels better soon, now that the molar has broken through.