Scary Day

Kaylee has been having difficulty hearing lately, so I took her to the doctor this morning to check things out. Surprisingly, despite her not once complaining of her ear hurting, she infact has a VERY BAD ear infection. I guess ear infections can cause difficultly in hearing. Unfortunately, it can take 6-8 weeks for her hearing to improve! What? If you only knew how many times a day she says that...

What I wasn't expecting this morning was that Kianna woke up UNABLE to walk. Talk about SCARY! She woke up and went potty at 6:00 AM and was fine. She went back to bed and got up about 20 minutes later to go potty again. This time she called for me and told me she couldn't walk. She said that her leg hurt and pointed to her right hamstring. Being a physical therapist, I evaluated her leg and decided that her bones all seemed intact, but discovered that right hip internal rotation was very painful for her. She proceeded to crawl around the house the rest of the morning. I decided since I don't specialize in pediatrics to get her seen by the doctor as well. After x-rays of the right leg and blood work, both of which came back normal thankfully, it was deemed that since she has had a fever and diarrhea intermittently over the past 2 weeks, that her hip pain is due to a virus settling into her joint making it difficult to walk. She continued to have difficulty walking the rest of the morning, but when she woke up from her nap said "Mommy I can walk again". She favored her leg a little bit the rest of the day but no longer seemed to be in pain. Please pray that this truly was caused by a virus and that it won't happen again. My concern is that this is actually the 2nd time this has happened. It happened for the 1st time about 4-5 months ago, but only lasted about 30 minutes. At that time, it seemed to me that her hip was almost dislocated and then went back into the socket. The doctor was concerned too that this wasn't the first time it had happened. Please pray with us for her health and safety.