Abby had blood drawn on Friday. Just prior to the procedure, she was seeing a doctor to examine a bump on her leg (3rd over the last month), which had started off looking like a pimple, but ended up about the size of a quarter and filled with pus. :( The doctor decided that it was likely a staph infection and because she was on antibiotics the first time it was found and thought of as an infected mosquito bite, this could be a strain of antibiotic-resistant staph, aka MRSA. So, she is on Septra for 10 days. Septra has side-effects of making her dehydrated, sensitive to the sun, and lose her appetite. We are keeping her indoors for the rest of the week and giving her a lot of fluids. Her appetite is fine, but she is refusing anything in a bottle, meaning she is back to nursing. :)

Anyway, the weight check and length measurement routinely done at a doctor's visit showed that Abby is now 18 lbs 13 ozs and about 30.5 inches long. The doctor is NOT worried about her growth, but was still going to proceed with the blood tests since she needed blood drawn to confirm her egg and wheat allergies anyway.

Our brave little girl not only DID NOT cry when she had her blood drawn, but she didn't even flinch. Instead, she stared with immense curiosity at the tubes and syringes collecting her blood. Silly Abby!

She is getting plenty of rest and seems to be healing well from the staph infection. She is as happy and interactive as always.