Ethan

So the small problem of last evening has turned into something quite different! Ethan's pain he said was in his side was actually in his hip area. He was up most of the night in pain, and just kept getting worse till this morning it was so bad he can't stand, can't move the left leg without screaming. We took him to our Dr. who is in Dayton. Poor little guy he would fall asleep and be woken by his leg being moved at a curve, a bump or a hill which resulted in him screaming. After an exam and X-ray's there are no broken bones but he has Synovitis of the Hip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synovitis

It is something that will pass on it's own but is very painful according to Dr. Avery. He described it as being an inflammation  in his hip joints, we are to give him Ibuprofen, 2 tsp, every 6 hrs. As long as he doesn't move, at all, he is not in bad pain but for him to do something as simple as going to potty is pretty painful. He has no bruising, no swelling no outward sign of anything wrong which was pretty scary for me last night, I had no sleep and you know how when it comes to your kids you always imagine the worst.  I was thinking he had something awful, I know this is painful but, let me tell you, I am so thankful it wasn't worse!  
I probably won't be on here much, Ethan is hard to take care of when he is sick so I can't imagine me getting a lot of time during this, with him being in pain. Last night he was crying, " Oh GOD! HELP ME!" and telling me, "I don't want to die"  I know that sounds dramatic to some but to him, he was scared & hurting so bad, and to me, I was scared because I just had no idea what was going on! I am just thankful to our family who prayed this morning for him, I really appreciate it, and to those of you reading this, if you want to say a prayer for him it would be greatly appreciated. The Dc said it will take probably 24hrs for any improvement at all.

Isn't Life just amazing, I mean, I know I needed God in so many ways yesterday morning, but I didn't know I would need Him for yet another Role in my Life! It seems for every day I live, there is another reason I need Him. I'm just thankful He is near, even at 3am!