Based on the charts and records that he had received on Alora, he too classified her as "short stature." He ordered an x-ray of her left hand/wrist and then several blood tests. Some of the things he wanted to check was her thyroid levels, pituitary gland, liver and kidney enzymes, among other things. He also wanted to make sure she wasn't missing a certain chromosome (aka Turner's Syndrome in girls).
After meeting with the doctor, we got her x-ray taken and then headed back up to the lab. I purposely DID NOT tell her about this part because I knew she would freak out. When it came our turn to go back in the lab, she didn't even ask any questions about what we were doing. Thank goodness! The technician made her sit in my lap and then the freak out began. The tech started laying out vials and needles with tubes and Alora about lost it. The tech was super good and got the line in and then Alora stopped freaking out. I was shocked! She just sat there, watching him fill up 5 1/2 vials with her blood. She didn't scream, kick, or hit. She did AWESOME! This was not typical at all of her. She was so brave!
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| Waiting to be called back to the lab. |
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| After all the blood draws. HARDLY ANY TEARS!
UPDATE: Her bone age came back as 5 year old. She's 6 1/2 and I guess that's nothing to be concerned about because it is sort of subjective. All of her blood work was pretty normal. We will go back in about 2-3 months and the doctor will remeasure her to see how she's ranking and then we'll go from there.
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