Poor Kid

Valerie had to go up to Primary Childrens Hospital to be tested for Cystic Fibrosis...which is a horrible thing to have by the way. They wanted to test her for it because one of the signs of it is not gaining weight I guess. People who have this only have a life expectancy of about 39 years of age and have to get a lung transplant sometime in their teens. I am confident that Valerie does not have it, but I wanted to post some pictures that I took with my phone to show what they had to do to her. They hooked her up to a machine for about 5 minutes (it sounds like a short time, but with your baby screaming at the top of her lungs for all 5 of them it seems like FOREVER!) that stimulated her sweat glands in her arms and then wrapped them in plastic wrap and then this orange bandage to collect her sweat. She had to wear the bandage for half an hour. Then they test the sweat to see if she has Cystic Fibrosis.

After her test was done they gave her this cute duck and she attacked it!! She gave it a huge open mouth kiss and smashed her face into laughing and laughing. I was glad the day had a good ending for her because she had been so traumatized before, she even screamed when they were unwrapping her arms and we know that didn't hurt...she was just so scared...well I think we are done with doctors for awhile now as long as the test comes back negative so that will be a nice break for her.