I was exhausted!
Tuesday (April 20), prior to the trip, I noticed that Tanner's left calf was smaller than his right. I took note, but didn't dwell on it.
Wednesday (April 21), while sitting in life group, I noticed that Tanner was limping and it looked like his left leg might actually be shorter than his right. Because Tanner is sensitive/fearful of his health I was very cautious of not bringing attention to it, but I whispered to Jeff to kind of look and watch as Tanner was going about his business.
Thursday (April 22), Jeff used a cord to "measure" Tanner's calves and he estimated that his left calf was 1/2"-1" smaller around. I decided to call and set up an appointment on Monday. Jeff was hesitant but I then brought up the fact that both of his sisters had problems with their hips when they were kids.
Jeff then decided to do some investigating. He called his mom and both of his sisters to find out the "whole" story. They had S.C.F.E. (pronounced skiffy), and it stands for Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. This is what we were looking for.
When I got home on Saturday (April 24), Jeff was sharing about how he about "freaked out", or "died" every time that Tanner would jump off of his bed, the top bunk, or when he'd run down the stairs, or wrestle with his brothers, etc. Me, being the ever calm, never fearing, person that I am (Ha! Ha!), reassured him that Tanner is fine, and that he's been limping for several days and he'll be OK.
I then came down to the computer and looked at the links that Jeff found on SCFE. I marched right back upstairs, and suggested we take him to urgent care to get some x-rays. After some debate, we decided that we were going to go ahead and do that.
We called around to find someone who could stay with the other kids, which Kevin and Marty (LOVE THEM!) were so kind to come over and stay here, which they were also beat from the weekend.
We got left around 7:30pm, sat in the lobby for an hour, set in the back room for quite some time, and then finally got some x-rays. They came back with no signs of SCFE, which is good! but the dr. said he needed to see an orthopedic dr. We finally got home about 11:45.
Monday (April 26), I already had a babysitter lined up for Tanner's appointment I set up with the pediatrician, but we decided there was no need to take him there since we were going to take him to an orthopedic dr. I prayed for God's favor, that we may get into the specialist that day, so we could take the other kids to the sitter, and so we wouldn't have to wait. My prayers were answered and we had an appointment set for 2:15.
I then got a call around noon from Children's Hospital, asking if we changed insurances. After a phone call on their part and a phone call on my part, we were informed that our health insurance had lapsed on April 1. That was a shock!
So the appointment was canceled, and we are still in the process of trying to figure things out. We are just praying for healing of Tanner's leg and we are keeping an eye on it.
Lucky for Tanner, I did have my camera, so I did get some shots of our evening at urgent care.
2 comments:
Poor guy! And poor Momma and Daddy!!
We'll be praying-keep us posted!
This was a weekend we won't soon forget!
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