First Trip to the ER

We have been blessed in this home when it comes with sick kids. Shane hasn't even had an antibiotic yet and he's almost 5! Poor Trevor has seen better days but is doing just fine now. It all started last night when he woke up crying 2 times in the middle of the night. He woke up crying and snuggled with Damon. He didn't want to be put down and wouldn't walk on his left leg. I had to carry him to the bathroom and sit right by him for comfort on the couch. When he wanted me to carry him down to play with the bat cave with Shane I knew he was in pain! I wasn't sure what the pain was about and I tried to remember an event from yesterday that he got hurt but I couldn't. He's a boy and is crazy. Doesn't get hurt easily and is always crying about something! If you are ever in Vegas and need to go to an ER go to St. Rose San Martin Campus. It was amazing. The nurse waited for ME to finish up the paperwork and brought us back. By this time Trevor wasn't crying when I held him or set him down. As the nurse admitted him he said maybe it's a leg cramp! I felt like those freaky over paranoid moms! Trevor did not like his new bracelet and once I told him it was time to go home he tore it off by himself!


Today I realized I'm not one of those strong moms. As he got the first of 2 sets of blood work I was fighting back tears! I thought about my friends, Angie, and her little guy and wondering how she was so strong. Read their story here she is amazing! They wrapped him up like a burrito and I could make it fun telling him I wanted to eat him and make him laugh until he hurt. Until his lip curled the biggest I have every seen it as he looked at me with a tear in his eye for comfort. I told him it was OK and the tear never came out because he knows mommy is always right.
He got Xrays and an MRI too. They all said 2 year olds are a disaster but he held still as still could be. He just quietly looks at those big cameras and the big flashlight soaking it all in. He got some meds in him and soon he began to smile. A good mom always comes prepared and this I was. I was thinking more for the waiting room but after all the tests and waiting for the tests we were there for almost 3 hours! He had Mack and all his race cars with their "babies." Lucy gave Trevor the cutest little cars and he has so much fun with them!

We were entertained and I even had to close the door because he was getting loud in his play!

The car ramp down the bed was an added bonus!

We thought we were done with all the poking when they came back for more blood work. This time Mr. Trevor wasn't so nice because he knew what was going to happen. He screamed and cried then asked if we could leave. Our dear nurse, Hulga (which was not her name but it could have been with her big old wart on her chin with 3 long hairs growing out of it!) felt so bad and brought him drinks and Popsicles. Trevor became bored of the TV and wanted to play on my phone. It kept me busy too for awhile!

Good news: no broken bones and nothing too serious. Diagnosis: transient synovitis. We got sick the week before Christmas with an awful bug. It kept coming and going. The Dr. said this virus settled in Trevor's hip joint and there is fluid built up in there now. It's a little boy thing for every 4 boys that get it 1 girl does. There is nothing to be done it will drain on it's own and the pain should go away in 3-5 days. As for now the Dr. said he is in pain. He is like an 80 year old with an arthritic hip! He hobbles around like a little old man!

As soon as we got to the car he conked out and I said a prayer of gratitude. It is hard seeing your little one in pain and I'm glad he will be back to normal soon enough. I now look at this time as a time of cleaning. A time to clean those walls and old messes before he can move on and make more! This will be huge in my world! Trevor was happy to be home and show Daddy and Shane pictures of his bones and to sit and play with Shane and the bat cave. I was happy he was home safe and sound.