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Took daughter to the doctors. Since we hadn't a booked appointment, we had to wait some.

She has been very tired and dizzy for more than a week, nosebleed, headaches, nausea and loss of appetite, and finaly some spots on her stomach. I have to talk her out of bed, and she cries at me for screaming (I'm only stern, not shouting) but doesn't move.

Taking blood samples took four tries, twice in each arm without a single drop of blood - she was reclined because her vision blacked out, and I got dizzy from looking at them digging the needle round. Finally they managed two teaspoons out of a vein in her hand.
Tests for haemoglobin, viruses, liver function and possibly mononucleosis coming up. More or less, I didn't get to see the full list.

Took her to eat lunch. Lasagna, to make sure she gets some meat, and for vitamins to absorb iron better. She's now home, resting.

Came into work after lunch.

Got an email from R. His mum in Hawaii has fallen again. Twice in a week. She's confused, doesn't remember her son's phone number, who lives in the next house. She doesn't take her med's. She's now in hospital. R will probably make his yearly trip home earlier than expected. I think she'll have to go to a nursing home quite soon.

And work is busy, of course.

Not the best start of a week, eh?

oh dear, the poor little thing

well, not quite that little any more, but they seem so little when they are not feeling well, yes?

please say hi for me and that i miss her on hootoo and that i wish her all the best

if it helps you may also tell her that i have my blood tested every 6th week and while it freaked me out when i was younger (i was always afraid that i would faint) it hardly bothers me at all these days. you get used to it and when you think about it it really doesn't hurt that much - and not for very long anyway

As long as they actually find blood, it's not so bad, but when they root around, it's not so nice...
I'll say hi.

Why are you having blood work so often?

in short: they haven't given up on finding my liver yet

nah, they are just monitoring my liver because i take some meds that are pretty hard on it

poor girl. I hope that she gets better.

It's easier on the nerves when they can at least put a name to it. I hope it's nothing chronic. We don't want her to end up like ...

Gosh, Milla, that must be very worrying for all of you.

Hope they'll soon know what it is and offer a treatment.

Milla, I hope you get some answers soon and that it is nothing too serious.



Websailor

Do send her my love

Thanks for all your support! I will let her know!

Just talked to her dad, the . He said that one possible thing is mononucleosis, which can range from a light tiredness to half a year out of school from being tired, and I believe she is being tested for that.

Also, she told me that she wakes up a lot at night. One reason could be that she insists on having the blinds *up*, so that it will be light enough in her room when it's time to get up. Back side of that coin, is that her room faces east, so it's bright from 3 am and on. Which would wreck sleep to some extent. And make her tired. Negative spirals and all that.

Hmm. My first thought was also Glandular Fever aka infectious mononucleosis.

I hope your daughter gets a diagnosis soon and that it's nothing serious and something she will recover from quickly.

No matter what age your kids are, you'd always rather have the illness yourself than have them suffer.

I have to have my bloods done every couple of months too, Pierce. Wonder if we're on the same thing?

R's mum is in hospital now, and they have found a compression fracture. In her backbone, I think. Anyway, she is on painkillers, and will be treated for it, so on the way to mend.

I hope to get labresults for daughter today.

I shall await the results with you

!

just called.
She said that all the lab results were fine. Hb of 138, no liver problems, no mono, no thyroid problems.

So. She will have to spend less time at computer. She will have to turn out the lights in a sensible time (10 pm) and have her blinds down, so the sun doesn't wake her up.

Sensible regime, simply. Nothing strange.

*sits on hands and bites tongue, to stop self from beating self up, and shouting 'bad mum'*

I'm pleased that there's good news

I was at the doctors yesterday and well the less said about that the better...

Thank goodness for that, Milla

oh come on, milla, you are not a bad mum. never were!

but first things first: thank bob your daughter is okay. that is such a relief

having a daughter myself (as well as two boys) actually makes me feel your worries - physically!

i guess there is even a term for it - sympathetic something?

anyway, i'm glad to hear she is okay

her once for the greasy old pirate

tell her she can repay me in her own time

Get her drinking plenty, too, Milla. I find that often when I'm tired, it's because I haven't been drinking much. If you can get her into the habit at this young age, it will pay off later on.