Today was CaseyJ’s 6 month check-up for his hips with the orthopedic in Austin. I am constantly amazed by the technology throughout the Dell Children’s Campus, we noticed high-end wireless devices, all digital x-rays, phone systems etc. It’s hard to not think your child is getting the best of care while at that facility. The drive was quite easy and we arrived early for his appointment, at check-in they placed a band on his wrist and each place we went (x-rays, etc) they checked his band each time to assure it was him.
If there is one thing both Big C and I are reminded of each time we make the trip to Austin for these follow-ups is how truly blessed we are to have children in good health. While in the waiting room a young man about 15 or 16 years old was sitting in a wheel chair with an ace bandage on his shin area, playing video games with his dad. They had called him back and as his mom wheeled him back I heard his dad making a phone call talking about how this round of chemo would only be two days long not three. I cannot begin to imagine what they are going through as parents. In the imaging waiting area an EMS brought in a boy maybe about 2 years old sitting in his car seat secured to the gurney. He had a tube in is throat to help him breath and was hooked up to some complicated machines, he had to have an EMS escort whenever he left the house. Each time is such a humbling experience, to know how truly blessed we are.
CaseyJ is a pro at the x-rays, and although he gets silly nervous he is much calmer knowing there will be no “ouchies” involved – just superhero bone pictures. The particular center we went to today has a multitude of occupations under one roof. It was a small party in the exam room – a nurse, a physical therapist, the orthopedic doctor, and for a brief moment a social worker (I think he is there to help families who are caught off guard by a diagnosis, etc).
GOOD NEWS – no significant changes in the x-rays, recent complaints of lower leg pain were attributed to growing pains. And let me tell you, this kid is eating like never before so he must be growing!! Still sticking with the Meyers Dysplasia diagnosis, his symptoms still don’t tend to arthritis or anything else, follow-up in 8 to 12 months and keep a journal noting pain, limping, time of day symptoms occur, if advil given etc… for the next time we see them.
On the way back to San Marcos the little guy was so hungry he couldn’t wait to get to the shop to eat so I passed back his cheeseburger with “sausage, cheese, and plain” so that he could eat it NOW… 🙂 I am more thankful than you can imagine for my healthy children…
Today was CaseyJ’s 6 month check-up for his hips with the orthopedic in Austin. I am constantly amazed by the technology throughout the Dell Children’s Campus, we noticed high-end wireless devices, all digital x-rays, phone systems etc. It’s hard to not think your child is getting the best of care while at that facility. The drive was quite easy and we arrived early for his appointment, at check-in they placed a band on his wrist and each place we went (x-rays, etc) they checked his band each time to assure it was him.
If there is one thing both Big C and I are reminded of each time we make the trip to Austin for these follow-ups is how truly blessed we are to have children in good health. While in the waiting room a young man about 15 or 16 years old was sitting in a wheel chair with an ace bandage on his shin area, playing video games with his dad. They had called him back and as his mom wheeled him back I heard his dad making a phone call talking about how this round of chemo would only be two days long not three. I cannot begin to imagine what they are going through as parents. In the imaging waiting area an EMS brought in a boy maybe about 2 years old sitting in his car seat secured to the gurney. He had a tube in is throat to help him breath and was hooked up to some complicated machines, he had to have an EMS escort whenever he left the house. Each time is such a humbling experience, to know how truly blessed we are.
CaseyJ is a pro at the x-rays, and although he gets silly nervous he is much calmer knowing there will be no “ouchies” involved – just superhero bone pictures. The particular center we went to today has a multitude of occupations under one roof. It was a small party in the exam room – a nurse, a physical therapist, the orthopedic doctor, and for a brief moment a social worker (I think he is there to help families who are caught off guard by a diagnosis, etc).
GOOD NEWS – no significant changes in the x-rays, recent complaints of lower leg pain were attributed to growing pains. And let me tell you, this kid is eating like never before so he must be growing!! Still sticking with the Meyers Dysplasia diagnosis, his symptoms still don’t tend to arthritis or anything else, follow-up in 8 to 12 months and keep a journal noting pain, limping, time of day symptoms occur, if advil given etc… for the next time we see them.
On the way back to San Marcos the little guy was so hungry he couldn’t wait to get to the shop to eat so I passed back his cheeseburger with “sausage, cheese, and plain” so that he could eat it NOW… 🙂 I am more thankful than you can imagine for my healthy children…
