Detours Along the Way to Heaven: Doctors and X-Rays

On Wednesday, since William was still limping and favoring his right leg, I decided to give the nurse a call and see if she could offer any advice. When I explained the situation, she recommended that I bring him in to get checked out since babies don't usually limp for no reason. William decided this would be a great day for Mommy Separation Anxiety and Stranger Anxiety and wouldn't let anyone touch him or be put down without screaming. At least now I know this kid has an excellent pair of lungs. The Dr. wasn't able to get a good look at the leg because of William's squirming and screaming so she sent us down to get an x-ray.

20 minutes later, I was leaving my screaming son, who I literally had to tear away from me, with the x-ray technician because they won't allow anyone else to be in the room. For 5 minutes I listened to the heart wrenching cries until they let me back in and we headed back upstairs to see the doctor again. No sooner did we get roomed when the doctor got a call that they wanted another shot of the bone, so we were headed back down to x-ray. Thankfully we didn't have to wait this time and got right in for another traumatic experience for poor William (and possibly Mommy). Back upstairs with the doctor, we were told there didn't seem to be anything wrong with the bone and something must have happened to the muscle or ligament, which should clear up in another week or so.

2 1/2 hours later we were home and my little buddy was contentedly snuggling with Mommy. Now at least I have peace of mind that there's nothing wrong with the bone, which would be problematic since bones are in a crucial growing stage at this age and injury could cause problems down the road.

Proudly showing off his St. Patrick's Day sticker from the doctor.

I also wanted to recommend a post by my sister over at Little Family Blessings for all Mommies out there. She did a review of an online conference given by Catholic moms for other mothers. It sounded like an excellent talk and I wish I had listened to it. Here's the blog post for an overview.

Just a video from yesterday morning. He was being rather loopy and cute.