Loosy Goosy.......

So I didn't even get through week one to blog every day....ugghhhh.....complete fail on my report card.  Ok in my defense I knew this would be a hard one for me but it became even harder when 6 out of 6 people came down with a fever, cough and sore throat and I think mine is now into a sinus infection.  If I wasn't so darn stubborn I would just go to the dr!  Then 3 out of 4 kids got pink eye in the last week.  Caleb was the only one who didn't but of course he didn't want to be left out of this fun.......

 

Caleb took a visit to the ER on Sunday night.  Earlier in the evening he had fallen off the toilet ( I caught him 1/2 way off so he didn't land on the ground) and cried but got up and continued to play until bed.  He was walking around and climbing then at bed time he started crying so Ben brought him out and rocked him until he fell asleep.  I didn't think anything of it but then at 10:00 he started crying again and when I brought him back out and was holding him I could fell and hear something popping.  Ben said he noticed it also earlier.  We could not get him comfortable and after looking at his leg over and over I could see his knee was popping (still confused on how it did this other then maybe I didn't see it get caught on the seat or something).  So off to the car we go to head to the ER.  When I put him in his car seat he let out a huge cry and then in about 5 min was asleep.  Well we get to the ER and they ask why I think it is dislocated, I start explaining that we could not get him to stop crying and heard a very loud pop with his knee when you bend it.  Now the nurse is looking at me and then Caleb and when I turn to him he is smiling, looking around and moving his legs all over.  So I say see.....and start moving his leg.....yep you guessed.  No pop and no crying.  Actually he thought it was funny and a game that I was doing it.  Well we got xrays done and the conclusion of the dr is that most likely his fibular head was dislocated and when I put him in the car seat and he screamed was when it popped back in!  So now we have to wrap it for a week but the boy is back to his silly crazy self. 

 

So your awareness for today is as my friend said......children with down syndrome have those darn loosy goosy joints.   Their joints have "hyper-flexibility".  The liagements that hold their joints together are longer then normal.  As they grow older and their muscles grow stronger there is less chances of injury to their joints.  When we received Caleb his legs were very weak and wobbly.  I am still not sure why.  He was in a great foster home and space to move.  I am guessing he might have been "helped" a lot because he was so loved!  His legs muscles have come a long way with us working on stairs with him and his PT so hopefully this won't become a common injury with him. 

 

Make it a great day!

 

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Also did anyone notice my new blog look.  My amazing husband asked our friend Ashley to redo it since Caleb's picture wasn't on there.  They surprised me w.ith and she did AMAZING.  I love it!  Thanks Ash for putting it together