Too Much Information?

Is there such a thing as too much information? Maybe! Grace went for her ketogenic diet blood work last week. The lab sent a 'courtesy' copy of the results to the house. Of couse I opened it and reviewed them. There were a lot of out og range results. So I looked all of the tests up on the internet.

Of course, what I saw on the internet freaked me out. By the time I actually sent an e-mail off ot the neurologist and the keto team, I was in a full-blown panic. I was starting to make a list of all of the things I would need to pack for a stay in the hospital - as I was certain that all of this meant she was very ill.

Gracie's neurologist and the whole team are wondeerful (I'm sure I mentioned that before!). I have two responses back within 30 minutes - one from the doctor and one from the nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner replied that everything was fine - nothing to worry about. If the vitimin D levels stay low, we may need to add a supplement. The neurologist replied with a much longer e-mail - explaining what the test could indicate (addressing the fears of what I read on the internet) and how those were ruled out for Grace. Many of the results were where they want her to be given the diet she is on. And he ended with 'nothing to worry about'!

I realized somehwere mid-panic that this was the first time the lab sent us a courtesy copy of her results. Interestingly enough, Tom had lab work done the same day at the same lab and there were no courtesy results for him. The fleeting thought crossed my mind that these results may be exactly what she is getting each time she is tested - I am only seeing them unfilted this time. Of course, that thought just flitted through my head and I went back into full panic - until everyone replied - nothing to worry about.