Taz needs to vent and a teething question- long

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Hi all-

Just need to vent and ask a question..but first the vent part!

We are in the process of selling our home and looking for a new

place to live which is sooo stressful and I am now workin 3, 8 hour

days per week.And on my days " off " we have endocrine appts,

pediatric weight checks, etc, etc. Since Isaac has hypothyroidism

they have to check his TSH levels every other month which means that

have to draw blood. I drive about 30 minutes to take him to the

children's hospital in Ft. Worth because they only deal with

kids..so you would think they would be able to do it. This last time

they poked him in each arm and couldn't get a vein so they cut his

heel and squeezed a full tube out..It took 30 minutes and he

screamed like you wouldn't believe. This is the 2nd time in a row

they have done this. When he had his OT appt. this last week she

noticed that he is still not wanting to bear any weight on his legs.

In fact if you touch his feet he curls his toes and turns them

outward. She thinks that the heel poking is causing a sensory

problem and that he is resisting anything to do with his feet

because he associates them with pain. So not only do I worry about

his developmental delays due to the RSS but this is something that

is affecting him that shouldn't.

On top of all that, my cat has been peeing out side of the litter

box so I took her to the vet because that usually means a urinary

tract infection and they told me to get a urine sample!! They gave

me a little squeezy thing and a container and told me that it would

be void if it was refrigerated longer than 12 hours!

Driving home from the vet I just laughed as I thought about all of

the insanity that we go through...I had to laugh because if I didn't

the overwhelming feeling would make me cry. I feel like the

Tazmanian devil about 98% of the time..anyone feel the same way?

Well if you don't maybe you can tell me how the heck am I supposed

to lean a catbox on some phone books and have her pee there so I can

squeeze it up and make sure to keep in the fridge no longer than 12

hours!!!

Enough of that...now my question-

I thought I read somewhere on a previous message that RSS babies

teeth don't come in at the " usual " places sometimes. Usually babies

get their " front teeth " on their lower jaw first. Maybe I was just

dreaming..Isaac is teething but I can't tell which tooth is trying

to " come out " . I am assuming it's teething because he will be 7 mos

on Thursday and he is drooling like you wouldn't believe! Betcha I

could fill up a bucket....to bad the vet won't take a drool

sample!!

Thanks for listening!

Mimi

(Mom to Isaac, RSS, Hypothyroidism)