This post is more for me to keep track of the long line of events that we went through with Mr Dylan's leg...although it is entertaining! :-)
Thursday, August 23- Saturday, August 25:
We noticed that Dylan started limping while we were at the water park celebrating his birthday. He said that his knee hurt but insisted that he was fine to keep playing. By the time we left the water park on Friday, he was really limping and having hard time taking steps at time. He seemed a little better on Saturday morning but by the evening he was limping a lot and complaining it hurt. He wasn't very active at all.
Sunday, August 26:
Jason and I decided that it was best to go ahead and get him checked out at Urgent Care. They did xrays and were concerned about one spot at the bottom of his femur...that it may be a fracture. They put him in a full leg brace and sent us home to wait to hear from an ortho who would look at the X-rays on Monday.
Monday, August 27:
I got a call fro Dr. Nemeth, a pediatric orthopedist, that he didn't see a fracture but that the spot didn't look "right" for a child Dylan's age. He felt like we needed to look into further for sure. He wanted us to follow up with Dr. Clevidence and said that we still may end up seeing him at some point too. He called Dr. Clevidence who got us in that afternoon. Dylan had to have some bloodwork done which, I might add, he didn't even flinch for as well as more xrays. Nothing showed up on X-rays so we just needed to wait for the bloodwork to come in.
Wednesday, August 29:
Dr. Clevidence called to say that the bloodwork was pretty much normal...his SED rate and white count were slightly elevated but not enough to really find an issue. Since Dylan was still limping, he wanted him to be seen by Dr. Nemeth. They thought that it would be 7-10 days to get an appointment but within about 20 minutes, there was an appointment scheduled for Dylan the next day.
Thursday, August 30:
We saw Dr Nemeth, who after examining Dylan said that he felt like he likely had Transient Synovitis of the Hip. He wanted to keep a close eye on him since it could easily turn into an infection. He wanted to see him again the following Wednesday...which, of course, was the 2nd day of school.
Friday, August 31- Tuesday, September 4:
Dylan was up and down over these days. He tried to be up and doing things but it was clear that his hip was still bothering him. I was getting a little more worried since I felt like this was taking longer to go away than it should.
Wednesday, September 5:
9:00 AM appointment with Dr. Nemeth who also agreed that since he was still limping he needed to have another round of xrays done. I was expecting a short appointment and back to school. He also said that there was an MRI scheduled for Monday which he felt like we should move ahead with. He did the xrays and everything changed pretty quickly. The xrays showed a very likely fracture at the top of D's femur close to his hip bone. Because this is a very strange place to have a fracture and a dangerous place since it can effect the blood flow to his hip, Dr. Nemeth felt like the safest thing to do was admit Dylan into the hospital on bed rest and get an MRI ASAP. He was concerned that if we waited until Monday and he continued to walk and run on it (which he was trying to do), there was risk that it could break completely and then it would be a much worse situation.
Around 3:00 he had an MRI that confirmed a fracture that would require surgery and 2 pins to repair! WOW! It's hard to believe that he was walking and playing on the playground the day before!!
I got a call fro Dr. Nemeth, a pediatric orthopedist, that he didn't see a fracture but that the spot didn't look "right" for a child Dylan's age. He felt like we needed to look into further for sure. He wanted us to follow up with Dr. Clevidence and said that we still may end up seeing him at some point too. He called Dr. Clevidence who got us in that afternoon. Dylan had to have some bloodwork done which, I might add, he didn't even flinch for as well as more xrays. Nothing showed up on X-rays so we just needed to wait for the bloodwork to come in.
Wednesday, August 29:
Dr. Clevidence called to say that the bloodwork was pretty much normal...his SED rate and white count were slightly elevated but not enough to really find an issue. Since Dylan was still limping, he wanted him to be seen by Dr. Nemeth. They thought that it would be 7-10 days to get an appointment but within about 20 minutes, there was an appointment scheduled for Dylan the next day.
Thursday, August 30:
We saw Dr Nemeth, who after examining Dylan said that he felt like he likely had Transient Synovitis of the Hip. He wanted to keep a close eye on him since it could easily turn into an infection. He wanted to see him again the following Wednesday...which, of course, was the 2nd day of school.
Friday, August 31- Tuesday, September 4:
Dylan was up and down over these days. He tried to be up and doing things but it was clear that his hip was still bothering him. I was getting a little more worried since I felt like this was taking longer to go away than it should.
Wednesday, September 5:
9:00 AM appointment with Dr. Nemeth who also agreed that since he was still limping he needed to have another round of xrays done. I was expecting a short appointment and back to school. He also said that there was an MRI scheduled for Monday which he felt like we should move ahead with. He did the xrays and everything changed pretty quickly. The xrays showed a very likely fracture at the top of D's femur close to his hip bone. Because this is a very strange place to have a fracture and a dangerous place since it can effect the blood flow to his hip, Dr. Nemeth felt like the safest thing to do was admit Dylan into the hospital on bed rest and get an MRI ASAP. He was concerned that if we waited until Monday and he continued to walk and run on it (which he was trying to do), there was risk that it could break completely and then it would be a much worse situation.
Around 3:00 he had an MRI that confirmed a fracture that would require surgery and 2 pins to repair! WOW! It's hard to believe that he was walking and playing on the playground the day before!!
Thursday, September 6:
We were told around 6:00 AM that Dylan's surgery would be around 11:00 AM.....then at 8:00 AM, the nurse came in and said that they were going to be taking Dylan down in just a few minutes! WHAT?!?! Jason was still at home! Around 8:15 they came to move Dylan to pre-op and by 8:45 AM, he was in surgery. Jason got to the hospital around 9:00 AM! :-) His surgery only took about 45 minutes. He was pretty sleepy until around 2:00 when he woke up, said hi and asked for food! By 3:00 he was inhaling a breakfast sandwich and banana bread....and while he waited for that he ate ice-cream and Fruit Loops!
The doctors are still a bit concerned about this fracture and are running a few other tests to see if there is any underlying health issues that may explain it. We should be hearing more about all of that next week.
Friday, September 7-Saturday, September 8:
Dylan's been doing pretty well. Friday was rough in the morning until the pain meds kicked in...he didn't want to walk at all. By around 5:30 or so, he was walking some and wanting to play. Today, Saturday, we have officially hit the point of him wanting to do more than he should be at this point and it's getting tricky......he went downstairs to find Jason while I was gone and now he's having a lot of pain. One day at a time..... :-) Just happy that he's smiling again!
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