I said, "What do you mean you can't walk?"
"My foots hurt."
"You can walk, come in the kitchen and get your vitamin." She loves her Flinstones vitamins, so I figured she would come. She started to cry. She said she couldn't walk again. I tried to get her to walk into the kitchen and get her vitamin so I could see if she really couldn't walk. She didn't move. I even offered her m&ms. She never budged. She eventually took my mom's hand and walked into the kitchen. She limped. So she could walk, she just didn't want to because it hurt. I tried to get her to walk some more to see if she was being her usual drama queen self. She kept right on limping. Always on the same foot. She just wanted to sit down. At one point she even tried to crawl to something she wanted rather than walking. This nearly broke my heart.
If you know Juli, you know she is anything but a sit-down type of kid. She bounces off walls from the moment she wakes up, until the second she goes to bed. I knew something was wrong. I called the pediatrician who told me to bring her in at 9 as soon as the office opened. We got there at 8:55 and were taken right back. The doctor (Lynn) came in and checked her out. She watched her walk and she was definitely limping. Juli kept changing what foot hurt and sometimes saying both hurt. I asked the doctor if she thought it could be that she just knows it hurts when she walks and isn't sure where the pain is coming from. She said it's possible.
Lynn thought that since Juli could stand on it and walk on it, it wasn't broken or fractured. The only thing she was concerned about would be if it was a hairline fracture that she couldn't feel from examining her. She said we would have to go get x-rays. She said she thought most likely it was a sprain/strain and that if the x-rays came back negative, we would treat it as such. It could also be from a virus.
So we got the script for the x-rays and off we went. Her are some pictures of today (courtesy of my camera phone - so handy.)
The culprits
Waiting to get registered.
Getting registered
Eating raisins while waiting our turn in Radiology
While we were waiting in Radiology to be called back there was a little boy there with his mom and another family member who was back getting something scanned. I think he name was Kevin. He was 3 years old and he came over and started talking to Juli. He wanted her to get up and play with him. Since she couldn't he danced and did tricks and flips for her while she laughed and clapped for him. Needless to say they kept the rest of the waiting room entertained as well. At one point he came over to hug her and he had really curly hair. She started patting his head and said, "Mommy, look at his hair!" I said, "Yes, Jule, it's curly." She said, "Mine's not curly." I said, "No, yours is straight." At which point the little boy patted her head and said, "It's cute!". LOL, more laughter from the audience. Shortly after that his family was ready to leave, so his mom told him to say goodbye. They both pouted and said goodbye, then he came over and hugged her. {Insert "Awww" from audience here}. Then he leaned in and planted a kiss on her face! LOL {Insert more "Awwws" here}.
Right after that, the x-ray technician came over and asked Juli about her Billy. For those of you that don't know, it's the ratty little lamb (well, one of 6 of them - don't ask) that Juli goes to bed with. Billy is her lovey. She asked Juli if she was ready to get her picture taken and then asked if Billy wanted get his picture taken too. This made Juli feel a little better and this made her like the tech. She was great with Juli! Here they are:
Waiting to get registered.
Getting registered
Eating raisins while waiting our turn in Radiology
While we were waiting in Radiology to be called back there was a little boy there with his mom and another family member who was back getting something scanned. I think he name was Kevin. He was 3 years old and he came over and started talking to Juli. He wanted her to get up and play with him. Since she couldn't he danced and did tricks and flips for her while she laughed and clapped for him. Needless to say they kept the rest of the waiting room entertained as well. At one point he came over to hug her and he had really curly hair. She started patting his head and said, "Mommy, look at his hair!" I said, "Yes, Jule, it's curly." She said, "Mine's not curly." I said, "No, yours is straight." At which point the little boy patted her head and said, "It's cute!". LOL, more laughter from the audience. Shortly after that his family was ready to leave, so his mom told him to say goodbye. They both pouted and said goodbye, then he came over and hugged her. {Insert "Awww" from audience here}. Then he leaned in and planted a kiss on her face! LOL {Insert more "Awwws" here}.
Right after that, the x-ray technician came over and asked Juli about her Billy. For those of you that don't know, it's the ratty little lamb (well, one of 6 of them - don't ask) that Juli goes to bed with. Billy is her lovey. She asked Juli if she was ready to get her picture taken and then asked if Billy wanted get his picture taken too. This made Juli feel a little better and this made her like the tech. She was great with Juli! Here they are:
Juli on the x-ray table
Her scared-to-be-up-on-the-table version of cheese
Her scared-to-be-up-on-the-table version of cheese
After the x-rays we went back to the doctor's office to wait. After a while the doctor said radiology was so crowded, that even though she ordered the results STAT, they wouldn't get them until like 2pm. While we were waiting I noticed Juli was starting to feel warm. I told the doctor and she said that she wouldn't be suprised, and that it could mean it was viral.
Around 2:30 they called to tell us the x-rays looked good and showed no fractures. They want to see her back tomorrow morning to check on things and make sure she is ok. Hopefully this virus goes away quickly and we have no more walking problems.
Around 2:30 they called to tell us the x-rays looked good and showed no fractures. They want to see her back tomorrow morning to check on things and make sure she is ok. Hopefully this virus goes away quickly and we have no more walking problems.
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