Finally.....some answers!

Well, we finally have some answers.  David's last day of work is on August 6th.  Originally it was the 2nd but they need him to help finish up a few things.  He did not get a job offer with the new company and we have no interviews scheduled and nobody has called or shown interest. 

This morning we had Andrew's MRI and I was taking notes in my head to come back and write a post about the silly things he did or how he acted (b/c of the medicine I gave him) and how odd it was to have to wear ear plugs while watching my child sleep in the ridiculously loud machine.  Hello???  Isn't it 2010?  Why is this machine so huge and so loud?  Anyway, I forgot most of it after 30 minutes of this annoying machine and a phone call from the doctor.  They finally found what is wrong with his hip.  They found an infection and we had to go back so they could do an MRI of the whole pelvis to see if it was anywhere else.  So, we got more chloral hydrate to sedate him.  Poor baby had to take it 2 times today to be sedated.  What a long day.  Anyway, we went back and before I even got home the doctor had called my house with the results.  She had the top radiologist looking at the MRI as it was being done and they were discussing it with 1 or 2 other doctors, one being the pediatric orthopedic doctor at Loma Linda Hospital.  They found that there is an infection on his hip which they believe is bacterial and has started toward his back.  They think they know what it is but it's in a rare place so they are probably going to do a needle aspiration (yes, pull fluid from his hip with a needle) to test the fluid and find out what kind of infection.  If it's what they think, they will do IV antibiotics for 4-6 weeks.  I don't know anymore than that.  I do know the antibiotics would be done at home and not through an IV in his arm.  He would have to have a port.  Not sure where or anything about it at this point.  I really don't even want to think about it right now.  The kid has a phobia of band aids.  Can you imagine putting him through all of this? 

We have an appt on Tuesday with the pediatric orthopedic at Loma Linda.  He is rushing this for us b/c our insurance will run out at the end of August.  We can get COBRA pay if we have to but it will be really expensive and with David only getting unemployment I'm not sure how we would pay for it.  Our pediatrician is going to give us a number to call that might take over his medical bills once our insurance runs out but we have to have a diagnosis first. 

Well, that's about it.  I told my friend Heather today that God will not give me more than I can handle but I'm pretty close to falling over the edge.  I'm more calm than I thought I would be but I'm worried about things I can't control like school, insurance, getting David a new job, appointments, handling this antibiotic thing. We've been so excited about Andrew going to school and I'm worried he'll have to miss and lose his spot at this great school that we were on a waiting list for.  I'm praying that it is something simple like only having to give antibiotics and not surgery or anything else. 

Well, this is long enough.  When I know more I will let you know. 

Oh, pictures from Disneyland still to come!  We had a blast!