Thursday, August 7, 2008

More serious than we thought

Eddie has been in physical therapy for his torticollis. We have been seeing a doctor of phisyatry, basically a musculoskeletal doctor, and he scheduled Eddie for Botox injections. The botox was to cause the tight muscle in his neck to relax so we could really focus more on stretching it and strengthening the other side of his neck. This specialist wanted us to get some x-rays before we did the Botox just to make sure that Eddie's issues were not structural. The news came on Tuesday that Eddie has major anomalies of his spine and ribs. His head tilt and crooked body are caused from malformed bones in his body. I am in shock and am really scared for my son. We are going to see yet another specialist, a geneticist, on Monday to have him evaluated for a possible syndrome and determine what else we need to be looking at with him. I have not slept. This consumes my thoughts. I am so worried. Please keep Eddie in your prayers.

3 comments:

Jacks said...

Oh Paige - our thoughts are with you. Thanks for the update. Keep us posted. We love you all!

Sherry Carpet said...

paige, we think of you often and will send out many many prayers for eddie and the whole family. all our love.

Karin said...

Dear Paige, our hearts feel for you. We'll pray for Eddie and your family and send our love to you.