I just need to get him a good lawyer....

[pat]

My middle child woke up at 5:30 this morning literally screaming that his neck hurt. I gave him some Advil, then he managed to go back to sleep (in my bed) for a while. (Not to be outdone, the youngest then calmly announced that his leg hurt, so of course he had to sleep in my bed, too. Guess who didn't get much sleep last night?)

D was saying his neck hurt him badly when he woke up a little later. He wasn't running a fever, but he was saying it hurt a *lot* and did not seem to be responding to Advil, so I took him in to be looked at. (I had to cancel his plantar wart appointment to do it, but as it was he would not have been able to lie on his stomach with his head turned.)

This was our second pediatrician visit in three days, which seemed to amuse our pediatrician, which is good, because quite frankly the man intimidates me. He likes the kids though, so that's all to the good.

He ruled out meningitis, which is really what I was sort of worried about. (Yes, I know, no fever, but it seemed so painful...) He diagnosed a "wry neck" whatever the hell that means -- basically a pulled muscle -- and prescribed a cervical collar.

So now I have an eleven year old who looks like he needs to be suing someone for whiplash.

Comments

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Ah, poor D. And poor you! I hope you all get more sleep tonight. I know that I had something called Torticullis (sp?) when I was nursing Allegra, which was a painful inability to turn my neck. I went to a chiropractor about it, and he thunked my neck vertebrae. Any chance that D. might have his neck out of joint? (I'll leave the jokes about his nose being out of joint over this to you).

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think he pulled a muscle yesterday. We went with a friend of mine to buy plants for the gardens at church and he helped pull some of the carts -- they were pretty heavy, I think that miht have caused it.

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Poor kid. Well, I hope he recovers soon. (hugs) to both of you.