LIJ

Anyone who knows him knows that Elijah is the most active of my monsters! He is outdoors every waking available moment of every day. climbing, bouncing, jumping, riding, running, laughing....active!
Every morning for the past week and a couple days he has awakened with terrible pain in his right leg. Being the awesome mother that I am (insert sarcasm here!) I passed it off daily as growing pains, administer Tylenol, apply heat or ice and off he goes to school....
I knew this morning was different....the morning silence was shattered with the scream/cry coming form deep within that little body of his I ran down to his room to find him curled up on the floor rolling around in pain crying...no, sobbing. I tried and tried to get him to stand up and come upstairs he could not bare any weight on the right leg. at all.
I half carried him up the stairs and settled him on the couch while I tried to figure out what to do. Isaiah had an appointment this morning in West Des Moines that I knew I had to keep. As I made lunches and readied monsters for school I formulated a plan of attack.
Called Uncle Cowboy, asked him to come up and hang out with Lij while I took Isaiah to his appointment and of course the Burrito went along with me. Then we hustled home for a quick nap and collect Elijah for his 130 appointment at the clinic. whew! we made it!
By 300 we had done blood work had X-rays and were off to the hospital for ultra sound and possible MRI. I must say for having never been in need of such testing and fussing from medical professionals Lij handled the days unexpected events like a champ!! Not a teqr was shed even though I could tell he really wanted to a time to 2.
A quick call to a friend, we made a side trip and dropped Burrito off so I could focus on hospital stuff. Everyone at the hospital was very gentle and kind to Lij and took good care of him. Had ultra sound done no MRI and will hear from the docs in a day or 2.
Left the hospital made a quick trip to Mc Donalds to buy my little man a milk shake, a bravery reward! collected Burrito and headed home.
When we arrived home i had a message from the office with a referral to a specialist....in the mean time, rest when in pain and give motrin as needed.....
As I prepare to go to bed tonight I am praying tomorrow will be better....