We had the first of our weekly appointments with the perinatologist. As the guys at work refer to him, the paleontologist … I think they are convinced we’re having a velociraptor.
The Past Week
Last week, Missy had protein in her urine and the doctor was becoming more concerned. Throughout the week, Missy had a 24 hour urine test and a 3 hour glucose test. The urine test was to see if there was protein in the urine and the glucose test was to check for gestational diabetes. As the week progressed, we were strolling through Target and got a call from the hospital. The doctor’s office was calling letting Missy know that the urine test results were back and her creatine was high. I immediately knew what this meant, but Missy was a little fuzzy about it until she jumped on the iPhone. Curse smartphones.
Creatine is something everyone has in their body and is a by product of feeding your muscles. Too much and it could indicate impaired kidney function, which is a marker for preeclampsia. Missy became a little distraught, but once we realize that if the number was too high the nurse would have called ANY of the doctors in the office and we would be in the hospital. A little more research showed the numbers were slightly elevated and not high enough to cause any concern. Whew. Somehow, the medical system needs to do a better job of this when the say “high.”