Wordlessness Wednesday - Photo Challenge - Dr. Recap - Whew.

“When the solution is simple, God is answering.”

~Albert Einstein

The theme this week over at the Paper Mama Photo Challenge is Absolute Favorite. 

Holy Hard.  To decide on just one picture is akin to torture. 

So, I narrowed it down. My favorite must be a picture that I took the time to print. Since you know most pics just live on the computer and never find their way to paper, or a baby book. So, not only did I print this picture, but I printed it on canvas, which means, it must be my Absolute Favorite!

Surely, everyone has a favorite picture.  So, hop on over to Chelsey's Place and join the fun!


Dr. Recap: 
The Hubs and I met at the Ped's office at 3:15.  Apparently, my rampant googling and subsequent panic/neurosis must have weighed on Hubs too.  I never asked him to meet me there, he just did.  I'm so grateful for that.  In the future, I am going to try and refrain myself from googling things that will freak me out.  That's what happened in this case.

So, we visit the Dr. and he hears our concerns.  Hubs throws in the fact that I googled "Limping 16 mo. old" and am freaking out.  The Dr. politely discourages me from doing things like that because the Internet has no filter.  The results I received happen about 1% of the time, or less.  So, whew.  I felt a little better.  He also assured me that when a child has a severe illness it doesn't manifest itself in limping as it's only presenting symptom.  Whew.  And, the fact that she holds weight on it, and it comes and goes also means it's not something major.  Whew. 

He lays her down and looks at her legs and feet, he squeezes, and she squirms.  He flips her over to inspect the skin folds, they should match, and they do.  He holds her at one end of the hallway, we go to the far end.  He sets her down, and she runs - like RUNS, Sprints, baby style - down the hallway to me to Hubs (I love the fact that she prefers him over me, she is our little daddy's girl).  He thinks her gait is normal.  Yes, it is normal, no limping right now, because it comes and goes.

He suggests that we do an X-ray just to rule out a toddler fracture, but he is pretty certain it will come back normal.  I ask if we should do blood work (because there is still that piece of me that is freaking out about the C word) and he says that he is 100% certain that is not necessary, but if it will make me feel better then no problem.  He states that he's seen one new cancer patient every month for the past 3 months straight.  Each one presented with multiple abnormal symptoms, and Chloe definitely does not fit in that category.  Well, I'm not big on unnecessary testing/needle torture, so I trust him.  He believes her limp is soft tissue related; a sprain, internal bruising, a pulled muscle, cramping, etc.

Today, she is walking normally.  Today she is happy as a lark.  Today, I will order her new shoes, which excites me because I love shopping for Pediped shoes.  Today, she'll get an X-ray.

Thanks for the prayers and words of comfort.  I feel 100x better today than yesterday, and would like to report that I slept better too, but that didn't happen due to 4 year old night-time fears and antics. 

And, I will try my best to exert some restraint when I feel the urge to WebMD or, at the very least, Google responsibly.  Promise.