Labs: IgG and IgA

With all the problems this past few weeks the pediatric GI ordered a full blood workup.

Yesterday night we picked them up and I turned to the RAST test results (because thats all I wanted to know) and as we though, they came back negative. As we spoke to the GI last he agreed she has non IgE mediated allergies.

Anyway I flipped through casually and noticed some things highlighted. IgA and IgG were very low. I didn't even know what that meant but knew it had something to do with the immune system.

This morning at 8:02am I called the GI's office and spoke to the nurse. She sent the results to our GI (who is out of town at a conference) and said it would prob be 4pm before we heard anything back.

At 8:46am I got a phone call back from the office. He took a look at the results and said that they are def abnormal and because of the IgG and IgA results she is considered immunocompromised and he is sending her to a pediatric immunologist as well as getting repeat labs with subclass to pinpoint the low IgG subclass.

So now we wait for a phone call sometime this afternoon to tell us exactly what we can/can't and should/shouldn't do until we wait for the appointment with the pediatric immunologist.

The nurse was trying to be helpful with information but really ended up confusing me more.

Doing my FAVORITE thing ever...waiting....