Things just keep getting better and better around here. (to be read in a dripping-with-sarcasm tone of voice.)

I got a phone call from the nurse this morning that Olivia had shown up in her office shortly after gym started, complaining of shortness of breath. The nurse took her blood pressure and it was 120/100. I called Olivia's pediatrician. Four bp readings later, she was 120/96. And no one has a clue as to what's going on.

She says she feels fine. She doesn't feel like her heart is racing, she doesn't feel sick, nothing. She hadn't even started running around in gym when this happened.

The pediatrician didn't want to see her today. She suggested I have the school nurse check Olivia's blood pressure tomorrow, a couple of times during the day. She also said that if it flared up again tonight, that I was to take her to the ER.

Blah.

So, one more thing to add to the list of crap that's going on with Olivia right now. This one is kind of scary. Why would a kid her age have high blood pressure? It could have been situational - an argument with a friend, nerves over a test, although she says none of that happened. She doesn't have high cholesterol - it's checked every year and it's very low.

Maybe it's the Zantac. I spoke to the doctor about that and she didn't think that was very likely. I guess I'll do some research online to see if that's a side effect of that medication.

The fun never stops around here....*sigh*