August 5 2009

Z’s Motrin intake

2:00 a.m. - 3tsp

4:30 a.m. - 3tsp

10:00 a.m. - 2 chewable tablets

Trying to Ease the Pain

I took Zachary to the appointment I made for him with a friend from church who uses herbs and energy to help with pain management and healing. We were there for about three hours, Zachary has a lot of pain that he has been enduring and she recommended that Zachary drink carrot juice in the morning and in the evening. He needs to eat five raw things a day such as, an apple, orange, broccoli, a salad (counts as one), etc. And take the herbal medicine that I had ordered. She also gave us some White Oak Bark for Zachary to gargle in the evenings to help with the infection he has from his tooth. I forgot to give Zachary the Bark before bed and had to get up twice to give him some Motrin.

Logging the Pain

I have been logging Zachary's pain and Motrin intake I want to add it to my blog only to help me keep track of it so .... skip it if it bores you. :)

July 22 - 1 p.m. - 3tsp

July 23 - 2:22 a.m. - 4tsp

July 24 - 1:39 p.m. - 2tsp

July 27 - 12:50 p.m. - 4tsp

Robert and I wondered if it were a bone infection why the doctor didn't prescribe an antibiotic so I called the nurse and asked her. Anyway, she said that it is not listed in Zachary's file as a bone infection or Osteomyelitis. I was for sure that the doctor said it was. The nurse said that the doctor probably thinks that is what it is and wants to continue the anti-inflamatory medication to see if that will heal the "splotch" in the bone. Yep, I'm calling it a "splotch" until they give it a name. Apparently I misunderstood, hey, it happens! So, we will continue the Motrin until the 1st of September. I just didn't realize the Motrin intake was so ... often. It just didn't seem like it was this often, guess when you log something, reality hits you. Well, I have been informed by a friend that her sister may be able to help Zachary with the pain. I'm going to call and see where that takes us.

Results

We took Zachary back to the specialist to get the results of his MRI's that were taken a week or so ago. She told us that the spot in his bone was definitely benign and that it is an infection in the bone and it does look like it is trying to heal itself. She gave us options and asked what we wanted to do, we've decided that it would be in Zachary's best interest to monitor it and keep a journal of his pain and Motrin intake for now. She thought that was a good idea and said she would like to help monitor the healing by doing another x-ray in about 4-6 weeks to make sure it is healing and not growing or not healing like it should. If it turns out that it doesn't heal as it should or it grows larger, the only other option would be to have surgery to scrap the infection out, another prayer please!

Here are his MRI photo's these two showed the infection the best.

Okay, this is a side view of Zachary's leg the photo has chopped into his leg to show the spot better. The top arrow shows where the bone is trying to heal itself and the lower arrow shows the infection in the bone.

This picture shows his leg as if they chopped it off right where the infection is. Again the left arrow shows where the bone is trying to heal and the right arrow shows the infection.

MRI

We headed out to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital so that Zachary could get his MRI done, by request of the specialist we saw on Tuesday. They said it should only take about an hour and then we would head out to Clear Water Campground. Robert dropped Zachary and myself off at the Children's Hospital and the rest of them headed off to grab a bite to eat and hang out until we finished. The MRI took right at two hours to get through, I had no idea the MRI machine made so..... much noise. I had to wear earplugs just so I could concentrate enough to read my book. After we were done we found a pond with Koi fish just outside of the hospital and hung out there to feed the fish until Robert got there to pick us up.

An Infection?

We took Zachary to the hospital today and saw the specialist. She took a look at the x-rays that were taken of Zachary's leg and said that it looks benign, it looks like an infection within the bone, but because it's affecting him like it is she wants an MRI done to get a better idea of how big it is. An MRI will show this better than an x-ray because an x-ray is a flat picture and with an MRI it's, like, a 3D image. She also said she wanted to try and get the scans that were done on him the day of the accident with my parents to see if it was there then or if this is something that has progressed since the accident. He has another appointment at children's hospital on Friday at 5 p.m.

Referral

I got a call from the referral lady, Zachary's appointment with the specialist is scheduled for tomorrow 7:45 a.m. at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, please pray that it's something minor.