elevated sedimentation rate

April 16, 2005

Hi. I havn't posted in a little while, things have been crazy since

Autumn has been home from the hospital. She is doing better, up to

about 15 1/2 lb and on her way back to her 16 from before being

sick. My question though, is about my 6 1/2 yr old son Skye. I have

posted some about him before and I ask you all this because a lot of

you are familiar with many different health problems. He is having

growth issues too, like Autumn, but we cannot figure out what is

wrong. He barely eats and says his stomach hurts when he does and

for the past year he has stopped gaining weight and has only grown

1/2 inch in 8 mos. He is about 43 inches and just under 36 lbs, is 6

yrs 8 mos. He was born ave size and weight and then dropped and has

been much below where he should be in height and weight although he

has maintained his growth curve..is going off now some. He sees

Autumn's endo and they did some tests and has an elevated

sedimentation rate which I was told was a marker to look further and

that something was going on in his body. He is now being tested for a

few more things. Also his bone age is normal so growth delay is ruled

out, short stature due to family is not here so I don't know what is

going on. Does anyone here have any experience with elevated

sedimentation rates? I am trying to get his health problems ruled

out because he is about to undergo a full evaluation for an autistic

disorder which he is believed to have also along with his ocd and

anxiety problems and I wonder if something else could be involved.

He also has a small hard lymph node on his bottom middle neck and the

doc kept examining it and saying, 'hmm it's hard like a nodule and

hmm it's in a unusual place'. It is smaller than the normal 'sick'

lymph nodes and harder. So of course as a worried mom, I am

imagining all sorts of horrible things when it is most likely

nothing, any experience with

small hard lymph nodes here? Sorry for all my questions, it seems

like whenever I post it is always one question or another.

mom to Autumn almost 15 mos RSS 27 1/2 inches, 15.5 lbs

Ocean 2 1/2, Skye 6 1/2 , baby girl due in July

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