Re: question on skin tone....

[Guest guest]

Diane,

I can not offer any help with diagnosis but I can hear the concern

and fear in your voice. Who among us have not been there. You are doing the

right thing taking him to see the doctor. You could always try googling

sites and read med books but they may get you even more worked up. Just go see

the doctor and hopefully he will shed some light on what is going on. Since

he is 13yrs old he could be starting puberty and his hormones could be

kicking in and he may need his thyroid looked at by the endocrine who will give

him

a thorough check up. Just some thoughts or it could be as simple as a

urinary tract etc . Try not to think the worse. Let us know how it goes.

Prayers

that God will calm your anxious heart.

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[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for your understanding words.

I took Aidan to see his Ped and the first thing he did was check his oxygen

sats - great at 97% on room air. Next his temp - slightly elevated. Next he

checked for nodes - neck, arm pit, gtoin, then checked to see if he could feel

any enlarging of the liver. All was pretty good. So we did a urine check - no

blood, slight protein. And we just got back from a whole series of bloodwork,

which the lab is supposed to get results asap today to our dr.

He could see the fear in me and said quietly, let's just breathe and not jump

to conclusions. He knows me well...

On the lab requisition the word " malignancy? " (with the question mark) was

written...

Aidan has been in puberty for about 18 months now but, you're right, ,

it could definitely be related.

SO I will just breathe and try to concentrate on something else this afternoon

until I hear...

Thanks for your prayers - I will let you know the outcome.

/diane

keith9164@... wrote:

Diane,

I can not offer any help with diagnosis but I can hear the concern

and fear in your voice. Who among us have not been there. You are doing the

right thing taking him to see the doctor. You could always try googling

sites and read med books but they may get you even more worked up. Just go see

the doctor and hopefully he will shed some light on what is going on. Since

he is 13yrs old he could be starting puberty and his hormones could be

kicking in and he may need his thyroid looked at by the endocrine who will give

him

a thorough check up. Just some thoughts or it could be as simple as a

urinary tract etc . Try not to think the worse. Let us know how it goes. Prayers

that God will calm your anxious heart.

**************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

[Guest guest]

Diane,

Personally the L word scares the crap out of me as well. We went through a

scare last year and remarkably, I was calmer than I thought I would be.

Luckily, Jake was fine. I can only tell you that what ever the circumstance,

you will get through it, and we are always here to support. Sending prayers to

you and for Aidan. Let us know how things are going. There are several on this

site who have had to deal with Leukemia and I am sure they would have a lot to

offer if you should need it.

Hugs!

Holly

question on skin tone....

O.K. this seems weird. Aidan is 13 and while verbal, cannot use appropriate

language to tell us things like that he's not feeling well, or is hurt

somewhere. Early last week I thought his lips and face skin looked really close

to the same colour - a bit greyish-yellow and pale. It was kinda a fleeting

thought and I forgot about it. Then a day or two later, someone mentioned that

Aidan's skin looked " off-colour " . Then at church on Sunday, 2 different people

came up to me at different times and asked if Aidan was ok because his skin

color was grey. Then a not comes home on Tues in his planner that several staff

at school wondered if Aidan was ok due to, yup, you guessed it, his pale, grey

skin tone!

So, needless to say, I have called our p-doc and will be taking him in this

morning - I didn't even think of it as an emergency because altho' Aidan appears

to have a low grade consistent fever, less of an apetite and isn't voiding as

frequently, he just doesn't seem sick.

So...now I have myself all worked up about what might possibly be wrong? My

stomache is actually in knots thinking about taking him and I'm pretty sure he

will need to go for bloodwork - another trauma!

I guess the " L " word just keeps spinning in my mind and I just needed some

prayers ... thanks a bunch

/diane

diane

" You must be the CHANGE that you want to see in the world " -- Mahatma Gandhi

[Guest guest]

Diane, What about what he has been eating? If kids eat to much

carrots or sweet potatoes it changes their skin tone? If kids do not

eat enough meats/proteins it changes the skin, etc. My MD is in being

a mom and googling Web MD but I know these change skin tones.My son

has had lab work that said Malignant and it did not mean anything

serious.What I hate for you is that it is Friday and will more than

likely be next week before you get the results.I will say a prayer

for you. Did the ped give you and kind of and idea what he is

thinking is going on? Cyndi B

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> Thank you so much for your understanding words.

> I took Aidan to see his Ped and the first thing he did was check

his oxygen sats - great at 97% on room air. Next his temp - slightly

elevated. Next he checked for nodes - neck, arm pit, gtoin, then

checked to see if he could feel any enlarging of the liver. All was

pretty good. So we did a urine check - no blood, slight protein.

And we just got back from a whole series of bloodwork, which the lab

is supposed to get results asap today to our dr.

> He could see the fear in me and said quietly, let's just breathe

and not jump to conclusions. He knows me well...

> On the lab requisition the word " malignancy? " (with the question

mark) was written...

> Aidan has been in puberty for about 18 months now but, you're

right, , it could definitely be related.

> SO I will just breathe and try to concentrate on something else

this afternoon until I hear...

> Thanks for your prayers - I will let you know the outcome.

> /diane

>

> keith9164@... wrote:

> Diane,

> I can not offer any help with diagnosis but I can hear the concern

> and fear in your voice. Who among us have not been there. You are

doing the

> right thing taking him to see the doctor. You could always try

googling

> sites and read med books but they may get you even more worked up.

Just go see

> the doctor and hopefully he will shed some light on what is going

on. Since

> he is 13yrs old he could be starting puberty and his hormones could

be

> kicking in and he may need his thyroid looked at by the endocrine

who will give him

> a thorough check up. Just some thoughts or it could be as simple as

a

> urinary tract etc . Try not to think the worse. Let us know how it

goes. Prayers

> that God will calm your anxious heart.

>

> **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

> fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?

ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

>

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