Poor Simon had yet another hospital visit... Is it bad that I've lost track of how many times this kid has had to go to the hospital?
Thursday night I picked him up from school and he was limping. I asked if he fell, he didn't remember falling or jumping and getting hurt - he said it just started to hurt so he stopped running. Friday was a Teacher Education Day so Simon and Colleen and I were going to go to a museum but he couldn't walk when he woke up so plans were changed to a leisurely breakfast and cookie making at home. I carried him around that morning as much as I could, but every time I set him down he cried out in pain. He seemed totally 100% beyond the pain, but I was worried about a fracture or something in his leg so I took him to the doctor.
They weren't sure what was wrong with him and suggested we go to the ER for x-rays, so that evening Alan took him to the Lurie's Emergency Room. We are unfortunately too familiar with that place! After many tests and much debate among the doctors, and of course many hours, the diagnosis was fluid in the hip, aka Toxic Synovitis. Which happens sometimes to kids after they've had a fever, though usually they still show the fever when the pain starts. The hip pain can last up to 2 weeks (he was better within a few days) and should have no long term side affects. Thank heavens.
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