Went to the pediatric neurologist today, Dr. Dayal. A lot of my mom friends really like her and I found out why. I really do like her approach and style...very matter-of-fact and to the point. She examined Christina (and didn't seem put off by the fact she was screaming the entire time). She thinks there's definitely something going on...so she's ordered a sleep deprived EEG (oh fun) for the beginning of June. From what the records say and from what she observed, she thinks a big part of it might be anxiety disorder, so I'm going to have to call a child psychologist and talk with him.
With the family history, she's thinking something definitely genetic or metabolic is going on too, so she's also ordered blood tests. Dr. D. wants to start on evaluations, even thought we aren't seeing Dr. Spence (the geneticist) till October. She's very reluctant to put Christina on any meds. for anxiety because she's so young. I feel the same way.
But I'm glad we're FINALLY doing something. And BTW, I'm forging ahead solo. Hubby's attitude is "this is your department". So very little support on that end, but I kinda expected that.
Annie
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
