They are not doing rapids right now?

[matis_mom]

I went to get them all checked yesterday. Apparently because of some insurance issue the rapids are not available right now. So they only did cultures. Will those results be reliable enough??? I wish they had told me that when I made the appointment.

Anyway, they all "look" ok, and I got scripts to do bloodwork on everyone. Funny thing is that the nurse wrote the orders (I don't know why they don't just have a standard form, they had to write all in one of those little rx tablets!), and she included ALL the labs they just did for my other daughter.... Lyme, Thyroid, the whole nine yards!

I guess it doesn't hurt... so now I have to take them all to LabCorp...FUN!

 

Isabel

[ajcire]

I would think the culture is more reliable than the rapid.... my kids usually show neg. on the rapid and positive on the culture.

 

 

I went to get them all checked yesterday. Apparently because of some insurance issue the rapids are not available right now. So they only did cultures. Will those results be reliable enough??? I wish they had told me that when I made the appointment.

Anyway, they all "look" ok, and I got scripts to do bloodwork on everyone. Funny thing is that the nurse wrote the orders (I don't know why they don't just have a standard form, they had to write all in one of those little rx tablets!), and she included ALL the labs they just did for my other daughter.... Lyme, Thyroid, the whole nine yards!

I guess it doesn't hurt... so now I have to take them all to LabCorp...FUN!

 

Isabel

[peglem]

Allie has never cultured positive, but the only times anything has been sent for culture is when the rapid is neg. She's had tons of positive rapids!

[ajcire]

Chances are though those cultures were negative because she didn't have strep. I guess the only way for you to have any reason to believe otherwise would if you cultured her at the same time as a positive rapid test.

 

Allie has never cultured positive, but the only times anything has been sent for culture is when the rapid is neg. She's had tons of positive rapids!