Bay's latest ER visit (sorry the post is so long)

Tuesday evening seemed to be a normal evening around our house. We had Candace and Chad and Emma come over for dinner, we watched a little t.v. and got Bay ready for bed as usual. Less than an hour after Bay fell asleep and we had gone to bed he woke up crying really really hard. I went in tried to comfort him thinking he was having bad dreams and struggled to get him back to sleep. I returned back to our bedroom only to have the same experience another three times. The fourth time Jeff went in, this time Bay was hysterical and would not settle down. I went in and Jeff had me turn on the light. We tried to figured out what was wrong, we checked his diaper, his face, and his tummy all of which got us no where. We noticed he winced when we touched his right leg, and he refused to walk or put pressure on that leg. We knew something was really not right. Jeff tried to examine it and found nothing. By this point Bay was thrashing and screaming at the top of his lungs. We thought he may have a broken foot. We were unable to calm him down and at that point decided we needed to take him to the ER. We arrived at the ER around 12:30, they triaged him, no fever, no apparent broken bones. They did a full X-ray series from his hip to his foot. Let me tell you holding him down for that was loads of fun. Still nothing. The doctor finally gave us a diagnosis....transient synovitis. The Er doctor we had was terrible. Horrible bedside manner, didn't seem to examine Bay really at all, and seemed irritated with our questions. We were very frustrated with the diagnosis and the lack of compassion and caring. He gave us some info to read rather than wanting to explain the condition to us. We left upset and worried. From the info that we were given what bay has is a strange condition where fluid and swelling occur in joints (usually in the hip socket). It is similar to arthritis and the pain can be excruciating. Often this condition follows upper respiratory or ear infections and is much more common in boys than girls. The only treatment is rest and OTC motrin round the clock. The doctor in the ER wanted us to follow up with an orthopedist in the afternoon. We got home from the ER at around 2:30 in the morning. Bay went right to sleep and woke up frequently crying out in pain.

In the morning he refused to sit up,and could not stand for me to touch his legs move his body at all. When I went to change his diaper he screamed and winced in pain. After giving him motrin he seemed slightly better. We saw the orthopedist and he confirmed the previous diagnosis. He was great with Bay and answering my questions. While Bay was being examined, Bay seemed to have a much greater range of motion in his hip, and he even put pressure and stood up for a second. I was so relieved. Treatment for bay now includes motrin and just watching for any relapse in pain or any development of fever.

On our way home Bay zonked out in the car. He napped for 3 hours. He still didn't appear to want to sit up on his own or walk or move much. I sat him on the couch and fed him dinner. To my surprise at about 7:30 or so he crawled over to my lap and slid off the couch. He put pressure on his feet and began to walk. He is a little unsteady as he walks and kinds walks bow legged but seems to not be hurting much now. I feel really blessed that he is recovering so quickly. Usually they say it can take a full week before he would be walking again...yikes!