Sunday, April 6, 2008

Anna Banana

Keep Anna in your prayers!!!!

Back when Anna was 18 months old, she broke 3 of her metacarpal bones in her right foot. It was at that point we realized her hips were crooked. She sees an orthopedic yearly to just keep an eye on her hips along with slight curve of the spine. Back in January her pediatrician noticed her curve. It has increased some. She has a mild scoliosis curve. She has been experiencing some chronic pain in her back for the past couple of weeks which Dr. D said was not normal for a child to complain of back pain on a daily basis. With the weather so nice lately, as soon as the girls come home from school they run to the backyard and play until dinner. I can pretty much pinpoint that this is when the pain has started, when the outside activity increased. With Anna, this is climbing trees, swinging through the bars, and jumping on the trampoline. These are all normal activities for a child, so there is a concern as to why this is hurting her.

We have an appointment with the ortho in a couple of weeks. From there we will know what route we are going to take. Whether she needs another CT or a MRI. She will be starting physical therapy as well in hopes that the exercises help the pain. She had an MRI 2 years ago that came back good. So we are hoping for the same again.

Until then, her activities are limited for now. The good Dr. D said no trampoline until we know what is going on. She has to be a little more careful in how she plays too for now. We have always called her our monkey--so I hope we can find the fix so she can be back to better in no time!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

girl, i didn't know about this. sorry i'm just now catching up with you on here. is anna ok? ok, i'm going go give baths and im catching up later! love you crazy girl!
jen ross (strib)