As if I need more to worry about

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Yesterday afternoon my son's pediatrician's office called me and told me that his lead test came back. Supposively, my son's lead levels are high (they didn't tell m what the level was). I was so upset and nervous that I forgot to ask. I have to take him back this week-- either Monday or Tuesday and have his blood retested. I could tell from the sound of the nurse's voice, that it did'nt sound too good, but not too drastic either. He was tested over a month ago now, so I guess this test this week should either show a drop or a rise. I have been thinking for the last 24 hours that if he DOES have lead poisoning, he could he have gotten it? Our paint in the house is new, it's not chipping. When those toys were all recalled I went thru the entire list and made sure that he didn't have any of them. He doesn't have many hand-me-down toys so I'm pretty sure they are all safe. All of the ones that are hand-me-downs he got after Christmas, and his test was on 12/20, so I don't think that could be the source either. My ONLY thing that I can think of is our water. However, most of the piping in our house is PVC and not copper or metal. He doesn't drink too much water anyway-- mostly Pedia Sure. When he was on formula (we just changed him to Pediasure in September) I did use our water for making that-- but I would think that from September to December if that was the source, it would be out of his system by then, maybe? I have no idea! So after we get his blood results back this time, I'm going to have to go crazy trying to figure out what caused it. I'm just hoping that when the results do come back that all of this was a big false alarm. He really doesn't need any other problems. The poor boy already has suffered with the typical preemie complications, and he has a tracheostomy and g-tube. Thanks for letting me rant and if you know of any sources of lead that I could check, please let me know.