probably being diagnosed tomorrow

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My daughter is going back to the infectious disease specialist tomorrow to get

the results of her bloodwork. My husband took her for the testing so I'm not

sure what they tested her for. They took so much blood she had to go in twice

because it was too much to draw at once...so they did test for a lot of stuff. I

know the doc mentioned testing for different autoimmune issues, and my husbamd

saw 'western blot' on the labwork.The doc said from her symptoms it does sound

like late stage lyme to her. My daughter is 8, and only weighs 50 pounds soaking

wet. What I believe is Lyme has made her such a sick and different child this

year. I think she's had the lyme for a few years...but this year she became a

different child. She went from a perpatually happy confident child who literally

never did a thing wrong, to a kid who has anxiety about everything and is

unhappy much of the time. She looks sick most of the time and odesn't feel well

most of the time. So my question is what do I expect now? Is it most common

and/or effective to go with antibiotics? I read somewhere that she's going to

get pretty sick when she starts treatment...how does that go? Any information

would be much appreciated. I know next to nothing about Lyme and haven't had

time over the past few weeks to research