Specialists, specialists, specialists

Symeon has struggled every fall and spring with what we believed were allergies as did his pediatrician so this fall when they began she sent us to the Asthama and Allergy gurus to see what we could figure out.  Well I guess we got good news which is that he does not have any allergies not a single one.  Shocking to all of us yet there is something going on and we are trying to figure it out.  He has some sort of viral induced asthma and maybe some sort of sinus issue so we have spent the winter trying to figure out what will work for him because every month he is sick for 2 plus weeks which only leaves a short time of feeling well each month.  He has been a trooper through it all and we think we are getting close to figuring out something.  Here is the allergy skin test no fun but he did amazing.  They also said he had the lung power of a kid much older than him which made him pretty proud.

Our next specialist of the fall was the Gait Clinic at Children's hospital.  During the soccer season Symeon kept saying his hip hurt him and Shawn and I both noticed his gait when running seemed awkward.  When his pediatrician checked him she  noticed what seemed to be a problem with his hip.  Symeon was very pigeon toed and bow legged as a baby and although we were told he would outgrow it seemed something was still askew. 

Some good news and some things to watch. After a very thorough exam and lots of video and pictures of him walking running x-rays etc we found that Symeon did compensate his gait because he was so bow legged and walked so young.  He figured out early if he brought his leg straight through he would trip himself so he started swinging his leg out and it has become habit but also the way his hip has formed.  It is something he will outgrow and really only gets bad when  he is tired like going back to an old habit when you are fatigued.  The second part is what we will watch.  He has a twisted tibia in is left leg which still causes one foot to turn in slightly.  The doctor said 80% of all kids with this outgrown it by 7 or 8 years of age.  The ones who don't either seem to adjust and it doesn't bother them it bothers them and then it has to be addressed.  The only way to correct it is to cut his tibia untwist it and then let it heal.  It is a major surgery so we are waiting to see if he outgrows it.  As of right now he was glad to hear that his coordination far surpassed his age and he was fine to play soccer, run, and do all the things kids love to do. 

One part of the exam shocked me when the doctor said did Symeon walk early and I said yes and then he said does he climb alot, run alot, jump off things alot, and I said yes since the day he became mobile.  He laughed and said yup I would guess that is where some of the pain is coming from you have one coordinated active kid on your hands which was music to my ears.