the meaning of life? Yes, well aren’t we all. Onto other news now. Casey John’s check-up at the orthopedic was somewhat uneventful. There was no change in his hip bone on the x-ray (good news – no avascular necrosis) however the symptoms he persistently has have the doctor leaning in a different direction, so he has referred us to a Pediatric Rheumatologist just downstairs from their office. We stopped in downstairs to schedule his appointment and they are booked for two months, so we are scheduled for July 11th. We have paper work to fill out and records to get faxed, I am not sure what testing will have to be done or re-done. I hope not too much, Casey John already has stickerphobia because every time they would draw blood they’d give him a sticker. Now when people offer him a sticker he absolutely refuses it!

So we had good news, and now we will wait to see what lies ahead with the new doctor. The new offices at the Children’s Hospital are quite neat. The decorations are all kid friendly of course, but the technology is the cool thing. No old style x-ray lamps mounted to the wall, now it’s a flat screen monitor on the wall and a shelf with a keyboard and mouse. The doctor comes in and pulls up the x-rays right there on the computer. Technology in medicine is amazing. I’ll keep posting when we find out more about what the new doctors visits will entail.