It has been 5 weeks since Oliver's steroid injections. He was so much better immediately after the injections and he was back to being our wild and very happy toddler. I did end up taking him to the pediatrician to check his hip. She told us that the swelling was actually more towards his back, basically where the "love handles" are and it was good it wasn't actually in his hip. She could not find anything painful about it so we are just watching it. The swelling is the same, not more or less so we will just continue to monitor it.
On Wednesday I thought to myself, "I should update everyone on Facebook and the blog about how great Oliver is still doing!" On Thursday morning Oliver woke up stiff and limping slightly but it faded as the morning went on so, even though the back of my mind was thinking the arthritis is back, we decided to wait and see because it was the first time we've noticed it back again. This morning it was very obvious he was limping right when he woke up and we are bummed. This is how it started in the beginning. He is really stiff when he stops moving for a long period of time (napping or bedtime) and after getting up and moving it fades. We are praying that it'll go away but also praying for God to sustain us while we might be starting this again. 5 weeks is not long enough for him to get another steroid injection. Its too invasive to put him under every 5 weeks to get this done.
I think we are going to just wait and see how he does day to day since we have a follow up with the rheumatologist on May 31st. We haven't noticed swelling yet which is a great sign. Please pray that God would prepare us for whatever is to come. Please pray that we would be shining lights for Him! God is so good, how He prepares us for what is to come. I have been reading through the Psalms and have had it on my heart to read the ones that focus on God's sovereignty, how much I needed that to prepare for another bout of my sweet baby's pain and arthritis.
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