whew!

so my kid had to get labs done to make sure she was healthy.
actually, it was to appease a strange doctor. i liked the doctor, don't get me wrong, but it's easy to check a thousand and one boxes on the lab form and i told her we didn't have insurance.

she wanted to be sure. and i'm glad.
but i knew my girl was fine.

it was a heavy weight hanging over me for the past week. i'm glad it's over now. well, almost. one last check to make sure things are all okay.

nothing worse than having to deal with doctors, i say.

but i have issues with any authority figures and i just want my kid to be healthy, so i put my issues aside and do what is best for the child.

my heart aches though, sometimes, at times like this. because it is a tough call.

i am reading a bunch of medical books to get a grasp on those big ten thousand pound words the doctor let slide when i was in her office.

the book says, a person is considered over weight if they are in the 90th percentile for weight, and obese if they are in the 95th percentile for weight.

well, hello, my people are short. my kid was born in the 90th percentile.

who are these charts and figures based on? i don't know. some elvish folks from the highlands i think.

we also have different skin coloration which caused the doctor concern, and i said,

it is how our skin is colored,

and she just wanted to be sure. ordered another lab.

i'm glad she was cautious, but i know that kid is healthy. i know she didn't just spike in weight. she has always had a body just like mine. all curves. no straight lines, what can i say.

do i want her to be large marge? absolutely not.

but i also don't want her thinking she has to be in the fifieth percentile or below to be normal.

for my family, she is normal. she'll likely peak at a towering five two, maybe five one. but that's it.

i'm just glad it's almost completely over.
doctors don't realize the weight they put on people by saying simple words, common to them. but loaded for the hearer.

all that matters is, my girl is well.
as i knew she was.

peace.