[tri-med] Re: Nicholas - my china doll

Poor little man. Hope they can find a way to make him more 
comfortable. ((HUGS)).

At 03:29 AM 1/12/2006, you wrote:

>Well, we just got out of the hospital again!  Nicholas woke up 
>Monday morning crying and when I went to change his diaper, his left 
>knee was swollen.  I called Mark at work and we took him to the 
>ER.  He has a left femur fracture and a right tibia fracture.  All 
>along his pain that week while we were in the hospital was a right 
>femur and tibia fracture.  The doctor said on the right leg it was 
>at least a two week old break and the one on the left femur is a 
>fresh break.  Five doctors couldn't figure out he had leg fractures 
>when we were there last!  UGH!  The bone scan didn't show it 
>either.  Well, now he is in a double cast on both legs from the 
>thigh to the tips of his cute little toes with two bars across 
>it.  They have referred us to an endocrinologist to see if he is 
>absorbing his nutrients and vitamins in the right way.  He ordered 
>blood work before we left the hospital and said that he shouldn't be 
>getting any testosterone shots until age 13.  His urologist had suggest
>  ed it as maybe a way to help his bones. They also want us to see a 
> geneticist to see if he has any answers.  They did notice on the 
> x-rays that he doesn't have enough bone density, so he is scheduled 
> for a bone density scan in two weeks.  He will be in this cast for 
> 3 weeks and then change to a lighter cast (stabilizer) because 
> ortho doesn't want the cast to break any more bones.
>Jayne - mom to Nicholas - T13 - 11 years old - Humpty Dumpty
>Hudson IL
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>Walkin's easier when the road is flat
>Them danged ol' hills'll get you every time
>Yeah, the good Lord gave us mountains,
>So we could learn how to climb
>
>(Lonestar - Mountains)
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