Prayers for Ashie

So you will all prob think I'm a neurotic crazy mother. I"M NOT I SWEAR! lol.

OK here goes the story. I swear this past week has been full of downs! Mat got off work at 3pm yesterday and Mom wanted to take Aidan for the night. Great! So we decided to do some Christmas shopping with Ashie. Long story short we shopped and went out to eat from 3-6pm. Ashie was in the stroller or high chair the whole time except for one time at Target when I got him out when we were in line and he toddled around. We arrived home and I took him out of the carseat and put him on the ground to walk to the door of our home. He couldn't walk. I tried holding his hand, thinking his leg was asleep and his leg cont'd to collaspe and not cooperate. OK I was worried but still thinking his leg was asleep from being in the stroller for so long. So Mat and I got inside and rubbed his leg and foot and tired to get him to walk it off. Well minutes flew by and he still couldn't walk. We took him to Minnie's house JUST to make sure we weren't going crazy. She said you need to take that baby to the ER.

So by that point my mind was racing with fear! There was no injury, redness, swollen, pain when you touch it, NOTHING! But Ashie was fine and dandie! He just couldn't walk on his left leg! So to the ER we traveled. Again long story short. They did X-rays (my baby boy was soo brave). Nothing, they showed nothing. The doctor was perplexed. He could obviuosly see the child coudn't walk on his leg but there was no sign of anything! We were told they couldn't send him home not being able to walk and no diagnoses. So they admitted him to New Hanover because Cape Fear didn't have a PED Unit. Again my heart is racing and I feel so sorry for my poor baby who only wanted to go home and sleep in his own bed. Maybe one day I'll tell about the adventures we had in the ER that night!

Well they had no beds avaliable at NH Ped Unit so we had to wait. We arrived at the ER at 6:30pm and FINALLY at 4:30am (with no sleep from Mat and I) we were transported by ambulance to New Hanover. This was a little extreme. Just send us home and we will come back in the AM to get the bone scan! But no it had to be done this way! So we both took our first ambulance ride with Ashie on a stretcher (with a seat belt you would be HORRIFIED at Rachel). We got settled to a room and got 2 hours of shut eye. Longer story short my poor poor poor angel had an IV, bone scan and blood drawn. NOTHING!!! THEY FOUND NOTHING!!!! We were released at 4:30pm today. Part of me is glad they didn't find anything bad but they other part of me is PISSED they can't tell me what is wrong with my poor baby!! It's just lots of watch him. Another part of me is researching immunizations because he just had 3 last week and I know there are some recalled ones out there.

Like I said he is happy and otherwise healthy but he just cannot walk on that leg!! I'm sure it is just nothing but its just so hard to see my baby frustrated and not know how to help him! Just keep him in your prayers!!! :-)