Trick Hip

We had a little bit of a scare with Max when he started limping around randomly one night complaining that his leg hurt. When he woke up the next day not being able to walk at all, we decided to take him in to the pediatrician who recommended x-rays and blood work. Poor kid couldn't walk at all, we had to carry him everywhere for a few days. Dr. Archie determined that it was his hip that was in pain (not his leg, sometimes kids can be confused about where the pain is coming from).

While waiting at the hospital for our x-ray we had to snap a picture with "The Donald" (as Max calls him). He was such a patient little boy. It was so uncomfortable for him to sit in the chairs while we waited but he did quietly and played his Leapster. Getting his blood drawn was pretty traumatic for him! But he got to pick 4 Ironman stickers and get french fries so it kind of made up for it I think. Plus, he was pretty excited to tell his friends at school about how he got his blood taken out of his arm!





We waited a few days for the results which showed some inconclusive results. The radiologist reading them said that one of his hips looked smaller than the other, meaning it could be the result of some kind of infection eating away the bone and joint tissue. Definitely NOT a good thing!! We were a little on edge waiting the few days it took to get an appointment for and MRI. Max was a trooper once again. At that point the limp was mostly gone, but we needed the MRI just to be safe. Poor kid had to be put to sleep for it.





Tyler and I pretty much thought he was hilarious while he was coming out of the anesthesia. I'm pretty sure the nurses and other parents in the recovery room were wondering who the terrible parents were that were laughing hysterically at their poor sick kid. (FYI, Max didn't even know). We took a video, I might post it later!

Thankfully the results of the MRI came back showing some inflammation of the hip joint which pretty much ruled out the much more serious diagnosis (we were thinking surgery and long term negatives for a little while there! Kind of scary!) and we're pretty positive he had Transient Synovitis, a virus that can present in the hips and knees of boys between the ages of 3 and 6. Such a random thing!! And we're so glad he's back to his crazy running energy filled self!!

We just had a follow up of appointment with another x-ray and he's got a clean bill of health! He was pretty excited they let him have a copy of the picture, too.