Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Good News for Caleb
We had our long awaited appointment at Scottish Rite Hospital yesterday to figure out if Caleb has arthritis. He has been doing better lately but still has mornings where he wakes up stiff and occasionally has a bad night with his legs hurting. We got good news. The doctor examined Caleb, watched him walk around, and asked us lots of questions. She does not think that Caleb has arthritis-Yay! She said that his joint pain was probably a combination of things. She said that arthritis is a symptom of Kawasaki disease and that he probably did have a touch of arthritis with the Kawasaki disease, but like his other symptoms that it was going away. She also said that Caleb has hyper mobile joints, which basically means that he is ultra flexible and that that can cause pain. She said that his ankles kind of roll when he walks so they sent us down to another part of the hospital where they gave us some inserts to put in his shoes that are supposed to help give him the support he needs. What a relief to finally have some answers and to hopefully put this behind us. It's been a long two months and I'm thankful that they don't foresee any long term medical issues with Caleb. Thank you all for the prayers and support.
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