Back to the ER...and Round 2

I picked Chase up from school yesterday and he was happily waiting for me by his cubby! We gathered his things, said goodbye to his teacher, and started down the hallway. We didn't make it 3 steps from the door when he asked me to carry him because his leg hurt. I figured this was just a ploy to get Mommy to carry him all the way to the car. But, I went ahead and carried him when he persisted with the begging.

We drove home and, once there, I carried Chase into the house and set him down. He immediately dropped to the ground and started crawling. And, he spent the next 3 hours crawling wherever he wanted to go. He could not bear to stand on his right leg. Clearly, something was wrong! He finally told me that, while running in the gym with his class, 3 kids ran into each other. He said Addie had a big bump on her head and Korbin's glasses cut his face and he was bleeding. However, in the chaos, no one noticed that Chase had gotten hurt since he continued to play afterward. And, he never told anyone at school that he leg hurt.

Hopefully Chase will feel better soon and can enjoy Easter!

We took Chase to the ER (where they almost know us by name anymore) to have his leg examined. They took 3 x-rays of his leg which revealed nothing. The doctor stated that he likely had a buckle fracture that was so small it wasn't showing on the x-ray. (Apparently, it us not uncommon for breaks in small kids to not show up on x-rays.) We were sent home with instructions to see a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon if his leg did not improve or got worse over the next few days.

The next morning, he woke up and crawled downstairs for breakfast. I gave him some Ibuprofin for the leg pain and he ate and seemed pretty good. Not more than an hour later, he told me he didn't feel good. I took his temperate and it was nearly 103 degrees WITH Iburprofin!!! And, that's when Mommy and Daddy got a little freaked out!!!

A really high fever, coupled with some unusual leg pain which may or may not have been related to falling at school?? After all, he didn't complain to anyone about his leg hurting while he spent several hours there after the fall. This all seemed so strange. So, back to the ER we went. Only this time, we went to Children's Mercy South...just to be on the safe side.

Cole was supposed to see Dr. V today (and we had made this appointment months ago!) to check his meds. But, how could I take Cole to Dr. V's office, and also take Chase to the ER? And, I didn't want Cole in the ER with us to be exposed to "who knows what" kind of germs! So, Daddy met us in the parking lot of the hospital, took Cole to lunch and his doctor's appointment, and I took Chase to the ER.

Chase was a mess...in pain, lethargic, and clearly didn't feel good at all. The nurse performed a strep test almost immediately, which came back negative. So, we were sent to an exam room to wait. We waited over an hour there, and Chase slept in my arms. And, when the doctor finally came in, she found that Chase had blisters in the back of his throat. He had hand-foot-and-mouth virus! And, we were told, it was HIGHLY contageous among children. (Awesome...wasn't Cole just sitting 2 feet from Chase in the car?!?!?)

I took Chase home (Cole stayed at Daddy's work for the rest of the afternoon) and he laid on the couch all afternoon/evening. When Cole and Daddy got home, we packed Cole's bag and sent him to MomMom's and Big Grandad's house for the night. Then, today, he moved on to NaNa and PaPa's house. (Thankfully Aunt Robyn is in town to entertain him and dye Easter eggs with Cole!)

Hopefully Chase will feel better soon and can enjoy Easter!