He's Such a Trooper

Today I took Quinn to the doctor to have his neck checked out.

He started complaining about it hurting yesterday around lunch time (to my friend who was watching him), but played and had fun all afternoon, but still complained... finally at bedtime he was in tears crying about it. But honestly, he was so overtired I figured he'd cry about just about anything - so I gave him some tylenol and put him to bed. This morning he was crying about it again and clearly favoring it. So we went to the doctor.

The doctor was very thorough in checking him out. She even consulted with her partner, which made me nervous. Then, she called up to radiology to discuss either doing an xray or a CTscan, which, yeah, made me nervous. They decided on an xray - so we all went upstairs to the radiology department. The lady told me Liam wouldn't be able to come into the room, so before I could even think of what to do Quinn said, "Okay. You guys wait here. I'll be right back." Uh, okay. So off he went for his neck xrays. Of course, he's had xrays before (on his feet) and he even joked on the way up, "Do you think I'll have to stand on my head like when they took xrays of my foot and I had to stand on one foot?" Then he laughed. Then he said, "OWE!"

Anyway - I texted Mike about that and he replied, "He's such a trooper."

And he is.

So long as he gets a sucker and a sticker when it's all said and done.

Also - turns out the diagnosis is: torticollis. Which is involuntary contractions of the neck muscles. Go ahead and google it if you want. But be careful, because even the packet of information the doctor sent me home with said it could be life threatening, especially in children 2-4 - which is why she was so thorough in her examination. Anyway, we're treating it with motrin and bendryl and expecting it to be gone by Saturday.

Of course, I couldn't help but think about his surgery (which hasn't been scheduled yet) - as he walked away with the radiologist and it made my stomach ache.