Our Little Olivia

Today wasn't supposed to be very eventful - I wanted this week to be relaxing since it's the last week before school resumes. I wanted to spend hours playing with the kids, getting the house in order and taking advantage of nap time. As you can probably guess - that is not how today went.

I had a doctor appointment for Olivia for a limp that she has had for a long time. I never worried much about it because she doesn't complain that it hurts and usually goes away during the day. It is most pronounced in the mornings and after naps. My assumption was that she had a stiff muscle or tendon. It was worrying Steve and Kristin happened to notice a few weeks ago so I made a doctor appt to be better safe than sorry.

To make a long story short... after a doctor appointment and some X-rays... it's definitely not a stiff muscle or tendon. We don't yet know what is wrong which is quite worrisome. I've talked to both the Rhumetology department at Children's Hospital and our pediatrician now and am feeling a little more hopeful than I was earlier today.

I guess best case scenario she might have Lymes Disease which is treatable and will go away ... worst case scenario they think she might have a juvenile form of arthritis which she'll have forever. They think if this is the case it is mild but I don't know much more than that in terms of the implications and treatments, etc.

Tomorrow we will go over to Children's for some blood work to determine if Lymes is a possibility and we have an appointment with the rhumetology clinic on September 2nd. Until then... I will continue to remind myself of all that we are blessed with...

1. A beautiful little girl who is happy and for now, running around and playing as she should be.
2. These are minor health issues compared to what a lot of families who visit Children's Hospital have to deal with.
3. It doesn't appear that anything is life threatening - the doc said her bones look good and no tumors were found.
4. She is too little to know that anything is wrong and be worried or scared herself - lord knows that Steve and I will do enough of that for her. :)

Please keep her in your prayers as she is poked and prodded over the next couple of weeks and hopefully we'll all come out of this with good news! I'll keep everyone posted and in the mean time we'll be sure that she has extra snuggles and kisses from all of you.