Poppy's CF Sweat Test

Zach, Lauren and Poppy went to Riley Children's Hospital Outpatient Center this morning for Poppy's sweat test to check for Cystic Fibrosis. Aaron and Annie met them there. The woman who performed the test was very nice and informative. Lauren got to hold Poppy during the test, which was nice. The tech applied a special medicine to Poppy's arm and then placed electrodes on it. Poppy fussed a little bit when the electrodes were turned on but Lauren let her nurse and that calmed her right now. In fact she fell asleep! After 5 minutes the electrodes were removed and a sweat collector patch was applied to her arm. That was wrapped in a hot pink ace bandage and then a hot pack was wrapped around that. She put on one more layer of the ace bandage and Poppy was good to go. The collecton takes 30 minutes, so Zach was given a timer and told to be back there when it went off. So everyone went to the Riley Lobby and ate breakfast at McDonald's. They got back to the sweat lab right as the timer expired. The woman removed the bandages and hot packs. Everyone was relieved when she confirmed that Poppy had sweated enough to process the results (20% of newborns don't). The tech said she'd fax the results to Poppy's pediatrician this afternoon, so now it's just a waiting game.