Lillybug's appointment

Lilly went in to see the Endocrinologist yesterday to see what she thinks of Lilly's weight gain. It was a much better Dr. Apt than the Nutritionist. We spent most of the morning at the Diabetic Center up at Primary Children's hospital. Lilly was a little nervous.This is her first time with the blood pressure cuff.
She is not happy at all. The nurse was really great and kept saying it was just giving her arm a little hug. She didn't care what it was doing she wasn't happy.After her weight, height and blood pressure was taken, we were put in a cute room that was full of space pictures and stars on the floor. Lilly thought that was pretty cool.
Both Lilly and I loved this doctor. She really took time with Lilly and I by asking us a bunch of questions about her habits, her likes, her dislikes, her attitudes her family history and what not. She did have a theory on Lilly....she said that some times when two Red headed parents produce a red headed baby, a mutation of genes can happen that can cause weight gain in the child. She said that often times these "mutant" children are very active. Not so much hyper active just kids that like to move a lot. After spending 15 mins with Lilly she could tell that Lilly loves to move. She said that there is a genetic test that can be done but its 2000 bucks and insurance doesn't pay for it. She wants to run tests on Lilly to rule out thyroid, diabetes, Cortisol and her pituitary gland (done with an MRI) before we move forward with the Genetic stuff. Before heading to the lab for tests, Lilly got a chance to use the children's small potty. She thought it was cool they had a potty just her size. it was quite cute.Here she is waiting for her blood draw. She is about as happy as she can get. They took 3 viles of blood from her (those vampires) she was NOT at all happy afterwards.
Oh poor Lilly.
Here is her oweee! And the unicorn they gave her for being brave.After spending the morning at the hospital we decided to go visit Grandma at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Lilly saw the big statue of Joseph Smith and thought that was sooo cool because he was so big and he loved to read. She was really into the book in his hand. funny.

We had a really nice day together her and I. I am glad that we are heading down the right path to try to help her be normal. I think all the prayers that were prayed for her have been heard. Thanks to everyone for their kindness to our family through all this.