Transient Synovitis

What? Well if your child wakes up one day and suddenly can't walk...he/she may have this! It was a glorious weekend at our house. We spent Saturday picnicking and playing at the park, riding bikes, playing outside. It was a great day. Tyler enjoyed himself as well without any complaints of pain. We put him to bed a healthy walking child and he wakes up the next morning and crawls out of his room crying. He could not put any weight on his right leg at all. When we ask him where it hurts he points to his right hip. We had a LONG wait at the urgent care only to be told the doctor thinks we need to head to the ER to rule out appendicitis. The ER doc immediately rules out appendicitis and agrees with us that it is indeed his hip. After x-rays and blood work both come back perfectly normal we get the diagnosis of Transient Synovitis and told to give him high doses of Motrin for 48 hours. I put a link below of a good description of it, if anyone is interested. I had never ever heard of such a thing. Tyler fit the symptoms perfectly and I am thrilled that this is all it was. Today 2 days later you would never know he couldn't walk on Sunday. He is pain free and running and jumping and ornery as ever. Thank God. :)

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/special/bone/181.html