We all had a great night sleep last night. Mason and I had a full nights sleep for the first time in about 10 days. I woke up this morning and still felt like I could have slept for another day.
This morning, Eric headed back to VCH to pick up our records and images of Mason's MRI and CT scans. We headed over to Franklin Orthopedic to have Dr. Cook take a look at the images. We don't doubt that Vandy couldn't find anything but we felt like a fresh set of eyes and someone that specializes in musculoskeltal system couldn't hurt. As we kind of expected, he didn't find anything new but he did think whatever pain Mason is feeling is muscular and would hopefully work itself out in the next week or so. We left that doctor with another reassuring yet frustrated feeling.
From there, I decided as a last-ditch effort I would call my chiropractor, Dr. Berger, and see if he could take a look at him. When I got there Mason was whining and in some pain but tolerated Dr. Berger pushing on him a little bit. Dr. Berger felt around on Mason's neck and back (way more than any Dr. at VCH did) and told me he could definitely feel one particular muscle that was tight. He worked on it a little bit but told me that no real adjustments should be made until that muscle has relaxed a little bit. He is referring me to an infant massage therapist in the meantime to help Mason relax his muscles a little bit. In addition, I am giving Mason benadryl which is the closest thing to a muscle relaxer that a child his age can have.
All in all, if we go back and look at Williamson Medical Center's diagnosis of Torticollis, I think they came the closest. So.... two CT scans, an MRI, spinal tap, 4 IV's, and multiple blood draws later we are back where we started....HOWEVER, I am SO relieved to know that my child is perfectly healthy otherwise. I just wish he didn't have to endure all that to find that out.
Where we are right now...
Mason seems to be in a moderate amount of pain today. Running from Doctor to Doctor today has exhausted him and probably not helped his pain at all. He is happy laying on the couch watching TV. As much as I hate the amount of TV he has consumed this week, I am letting it go and will break him of this once he feels better. In the last few hours he is really grabbing and complaining of his lower back..right about the spot of the spinal tap. I am just going to assume he is still sore from that. Since he is on Benadryl he is getting great sleep, it just takes him a while to get comfortable and settle down. We saw Mason's pediatrician today (yep that makes three doctors in one day) and he has ordered Mason to get as much rest as possible so I think we are in for a low-key weekend hanging around the house.
I just want to say thank you once again to everyone that has been praying for Mason. I wish I could have responded to each message individually but we are so blessed to have so many great friends and family checking on us and letting us know they were praying. I am so humbled by your response. THANK YOU!