Charlie's Thyroid

Here it is days before Christmas and we're finally moving along with tests for Charlie to see about his thyroid. It was back in October when bloodwork revealed something might be wrong.

According to the sheet of paper he brought home from the doctor a couple of weeks ago he has to be at the hospital at 8:15 in the morning for a thyroid ultrasound and a thyroid scan and uptake.

It looks like they suspect he may be hyperthyroid. Interestly, many of the symptoms sound a lot like bipolar symptoms: nervous or irritable, having difficulty getting to sleep, staying asleep, or going back to sleep after awakening in the middle of the night, feeling fatigued or exhausted, depressed, restless or anxious, and panic attacks. (Kathryn)