my baby sister has started track this year. she just turned 13 last month. problem is, her joints have been swelling up, mainly her ankles. she has been icing them down for the past several weeks, so... last week, my mom took her to the clinic. and the doctor is ran some lab work. he is testing for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, lupis, and a few other auto immune disorders that mom couldn't remember. her hands and finger joints have been swollen and difficult to move for a while now, and she has been taken to the doctor's at least once prior to this visit in regards to this.
in the back of my head i wondered if they should have ran these tests back when she first went to the clinic the on the first visit when we first noticed that her fingers and hands were swollen, but it's too late now.
in our family history we have my mom's brother had true red cell aplasia when he was in junior high/high school, then died at 36 due to lyposacrcoma, and my mom's dad has fibromyalgia and a weird type of athritis.
today, after more than a week of waiting, we got the test results back. all of her arthritis panel came back negative. she was anemic, and there was blood in her urine (she was on her period). so, we will have do a repeat cbc and urinalysis.
my uncle's true red cell aplasia issues started right after a routine physical showed him to have anemia.
tomrrow we go and see a rhumatologist. we will know more after the appointment.
so....keep my baby sis in your prayers...she is only 13 yrs old...
