BIG Setback. Hopefully he has just overdone it....

Simon started limping a few days ago. He didn't let it slow him down so we weren't worried. We asked him if his let hurt and he said no. Each day he limped more. Yesterday he would only take a few steps and walked on the ball of his right foot and would ask me to carry him - which I did of course! Today, he can barely walk at all and says it hurts. Ack. A week ago, he seemed fine.

We weren't suppose to see his Ortho MD until Sept 1st. I called him up and he's seeing him on Monday August 10th with new xrays. He is on modified rest and motrin around the clock until he shows improvement until Monday.

We are hoping it's all just inflammation. He has been in summer camp the last 8 weeks and today was suppose to be his last day (but he didn't go of course). We spoke with his teacher and they said that he doesn't jump.... (yeah, he finally gets it!) but he runs constantly - including up and down a small hill on the playground. This actually made us feel alittle better. If he over did it the last few weeks, then it could just be inflammed tissue and not a worse scenario of his hip coming out further from the socket. He also says that there is a clicking feeling or sound in his hip. This doesn't seem like it could be a good thing. But again , no way to tell what's really happening under the skin.

It's the terrible waiting game of Perthes. Even waiting until Monday is stressful - wondering what they will say, what the xrays will show. But we are happy we have a responsive doctor willing to get him in immediately - because we know from his nurse he is booked out 2 months.

More updates to come Monday afternoon! Lets keep our fingers crossed....