Dilan had his first trip to the Emergency Room thursday! We noticed on tuesday that his left leg was bothering him...we monitored him and by wednesday night he wouldn't but any weight on his leg. Thursday morning he wouldn't even crawl, and was visibly in a lot of pain.
I called his doctor and spoke to the nurse. She told us to take him to the ER because he was going to need x-rays and blood work. So we arrived in Missoula at 11am on thursday. Dilan has x-rays, an ultrasound, and blood work. They noticed he had some fluid around his hip joint and that his blood work was elevated. Which meant there was an infection somewhere in his body. They decided to admit him to the pediatric unit for an MRI and observation. They were concerned that his hip might be septic (or full of bacteria) so they wanted to check.
At 7:30 they sedated him and then Scott and I went down with him to the MRI. They ended up having to give him more sedation because he woke up on the way down, and since they need him to lay totally still. It was horrible watching him in that little tube.
He was finally able to have a bottle at about 10pm, and we finally got him to sleep. He was able to sleep until 4am when the nurse came in to give him motrin. In the morning he was seen by an orthopedic surgeon, who wanted to determine whether or not to put him under to drain the hip. At about 4pm (he wanted to observe him after the motrin had worn off) he decided he did not think his hip was septic, and just didn't feel like the risk should be taken to put him under anesthesia. So they decided that what he had was called Transient Synovitis, which is a viral infection in his hip. It is cause from having a previous viral infection which for him was a head cold. It then moved to his hip.
We were able to take him home, and he seemed very happy with that! We just have to monitor him, and they said he should be back to normal within the week! We are so happy that he didn't have to have surgery or any further probing...it makes you realize that you would do anything for your children...so thanks for all the prayers and support!
