Good News

Yesterday, Braelyn and I went to the allergist to have her allergy test done.  A couple of months ago, the ENT was a little concerned about how many antibiotics she had been on and the fact that she was still growing bacteria in her sinuses despite them.  He sent us to the pediatrician to have an immune system work up.  When we got to the pediatrician, he thought it was possible that the root of all the problems could be allergies...it made sense given the family history!  The allergist went ahead and did the testing on her immune system but agreed that allergies were much more likely to be causing the problems.  Thankfully, yesterday she had the results from the blood test and it seems as though her immune system is working just fine!  We went ahead with the allergy testing and the only thing that popped up as an allergy was dust mites!  We were so relieved that her allergies were not worse.  It was especially reassuring to see that she did not follow in Emerson's footsteps with food allergies!  She did great with the tests.  She hardly cried at all and had a big smile on her face by the time it was all over.  The nurse practitioner (and MOM) were shocked!  Thankfully, it has seemed that having her adenoids taken out has already made a big difference.  She seems to get over things much more quickly. 

Not the best picture but I had to get one of her in this outfit.  This is the outfit Emerson wore in her 18 month pictures!  B has grown so much lately but I guess she will never keep pace with her sister...different(and perfect!) in every way!

I couldn't believe she stayed at this little table and played when I moved to the back of the waiting room.

This is about the time she realized that everybody in the waiting room was watching her.  Seconds later she started crying, running for Mom!

Poor baby!