[DS-Autism] Fasting for Blood work

May 22, 2007

Trisha had to get blood work today and she had to fast for 12 hours before

she had the blood drawn. I am so proud of her as she handled the fasting with

minimum distress. Of course she kept asking to eat but she waited and she

did pretty well getting the blood drawn. She whimpered just a tad when he put

the band on and then again when he inserted the needle but after that she

sat there quietly watching him draw the blood. Now here is the kicker, when he

said ok Trisha you are all done she burst into full blown tears accompanied

by sound effects. Trisha has been having some breathing problems when

walking around the school or stores so her doctor is setting up a cardiology

and

pulmonary appointments to have this checked out. We believe part of it is

from being over weight but her blood pressure was up a little (of course she

was

crying the whole time they were trying to get the blood pressure) so we

don't have reliable reading on it and the Dr. said the cardiologist would be

able

to get a better reading. She will also be seeing her thyroid Dr.,

Dermatologist and the orthopedist. I'm sure when all of this is over she will

be

happy not to see any more Drs. for awhile. lol We also have part 4 of her IEP

next week so we will see how that goes. Trisha is getting used to her laptop

now and I made her an interactive book using boardmaker/spdrp and she just

loves it. Of course she keeps clicking on the work sleeping because a

mini-movie pops up with Pooh snoring and she loves that. She has learned 4 new

words

since I started the book and I will keep adding pages of sentences with

pop-up movies as we go along. Just thought I'd update a little on what is

going

on with Trisha, hope everyone is well and enjoying the warm weather. :-)

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

_TEAL

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

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