Chloe

About a month ago we started noticing Chloe was walking a little funny, almost like she a hurt her leg.  So I took her to the Dr. where they decided to x-ray her hip(make sure her growth plates were normal).  When that came back normal, they prescribed some ibuprofen to see if that would help with any inflammation/pain she was having.  After two weeks on that she still wasn’t improving so I took her back to the Dr.  That’s when we noticed that her right knee was almost double the size of her left.  Our Dr. didn’t feel that it was time for us to see an orthopedist and referred us to one.

A couple of days later we were in the orthopedist office getting x-rays of her knee.  After reviewing the x-rays the orthopedist narrowed it down to a couple of options, one most likely being Juvenile Arthritis, yeah I didn’t know they could get it either.  To know further, she decided that Chloe needed an MRI on her knee to look into it further and confirm her suspicions.  They happen to have an opening the very next morning for one.  To say this was moving really fast is an understatement!  Sweet girl was exhausted from the Dr visit, bless her heart

The next morning we showed up at the Children’s Hospital here in town.  They have some wonderful child life specialist that work there, we love Sally!  Chloe got to play with a baby doll and prepare her for her shots, just like what the nurses were going to do to her.  I had hope this would have helped with the shots when it was her time, but no, she screamed her face off!

While she was back getting her MRI, our ped Dr came and visited and comforted us with explaining everything.  Thankfully Chloe wasn’t back there too long and she did so great.  Sweet girl had some good sleep!

The next day we headed back out to her orthopedist and they confirmed that it was Juvenile Arthritis and that we needed to go see a specialist in Charleston at MUSC.  We weren’t really prepared for all of this, but I guess no one every really is when their child becomes sick.  I’m hopeful that MUSC has some answers for us and a treatment plan.  Apparently she’s in some pain, but you wouldn’t know it.  So proud of my brave girl!