Hip Hip Hoo-ray

Austin woke up screaming this morning at 5am. I was nursing the babe, and so I just thought, "another bad dream." I got Jared up so he could attend to his needs. Austin kept on crying, but I didn't think too much of it. I wanted to take advantage of going to the gym ALONE for once, and so I put on my running shoes and headed out the door by 5:45am.

Not 5 min into my workout, the front desk gal came by to tell me I had a phone call. I was so surprised that I literally FELL OFF of the hiking treadmill. Talk about embarrassing. I did catch my fall, but not without blushing. Jared was very nervous b/c Austin couldn't calm down and was screaming in pain with his hip.

Off we went to the Urgent Care. They were not able to do x-rays like I had hoped, and so they sent us off to the ER. Poor Austin couldn't sit, stand, lay down, etc. He would scream whenever Jared lifted him in and out of a chair. His demeanor was totally normal, which I am grateful for. He was asking for food, talking about the Dr, and wanting to be held. But, what was wrong with his hip? Or was it his leg? Was it an infection of the joint?

I wasn't quite prepared to be gone the entire day...isn't it always how it goes? I was still in my workout clothing, I hadn't brought any food for my kids, and I didn't even have a water bottle for the AZ heat.

I was very impressed with the Pediatric Unit. Red, Yellow, Blue and Green painted walls everywhere, a snack/refreshment fridge with pudding and Jell-O (which you know my boys loved), and even Jared and I had one of those pre-made gross sandwiches. After 4 hours or so, your tummy starts to rumble with hunger! They had a movie playing for the patients to watch, big comfy chairs, and Austin even got a little red pillow on his bed as a souvenir.

After taking blood tests and x-rays, the Dr found NOTHING wrong with our little "Double A." It's a relief b/c I was getting nervous that he might have some sort of cancer or dangerous infection in his joint. The Dr thinks it may have been a sprain??? Not quite sure. That was a lot of screaming and energy spent on crying for just a sprain! The biggest thing that he said was, "the difference between adults and children; when something hurts us, we just keep on using it. For children, they will stop when there is pain." Ironically, we weren't doing any physical activities the day before to cause the pain.

I am so grateful. Hip Hip Hoo-ray. Austin is in good spirits, his hip is healing just fine, and he is excited about his new bubble gum antiobiotic medicine. Wesley broke his leg at age 2, and Austin sprained his hip at age 3. What is in store for Isaac?