Blood, Sweat, and Seedless Raisins

Boring update: I was asked if the blood tests changed after becoming pregnant.

They've been coming back with good results since either the end of last winter or the beginning of spring. My OB/GYN wasn't willing to help us try to conceive until my blood tests were normal again for a decent length of time.

Last summer I went to my PCP because I wasn't feeling well. He started running blood tests and focused on the high bilirubin levels. He wasn't getting anywhere fast, and then I found out about Lindley's heart defect. I put my own issues on the back burner until fall. That's when my OB/GYN took over trying to figure out why I wasn't feeling well. She requested the results of my previous blood test results, and that's when she wigged out about my red blood cell count being so high. I have no idea why my PCP wasn't concerned or didn't notice. So my bad test results were first "noticed" last summer and lasted through the winter.

The short answer to "Did the pregnancy cause the positive change?" is "No."

About the profuse sweating that Merle mentioned in his comment, I don't know how on earth he found out that's one of my symptoms. He's a super sleuth. I look like I have water sprinklers shooting sweat out of my arm pits. No one can stand close to me without getting sprayed. I have to tape mounds of cotton balls under my pits daily, but they are quickly saturated. Oh great....I feel another wolf crotch scenario coming on.

Speaking of cotton balls, I saw a man walking around Walgreens last night with a package of cotton balls. I thought that was strange. What do men use cotton balls for?

And while I'm on the subject of things I don't understand, I saw an ad yesterday for seedless raisins. TRY OUR SEEDLESS RAISINS!

What?