Pray for Ty

This is how our story starts. Yesterday morning Ty woke up complaining of right knee pain. I immediately thought it was growing pains so we gave him some Tylenol and then sent him to school. Around 9:00am his teacher, Mrs. Stephanie, called me to tell me that Ty was really complaining that his leg was hurting and he was crying. He was telling Mrs. Stephanie that he fell off of his bike on Thurs. afternoon while playing outside. I thought that maybe he had twisted his knee or even broken a bone so I went to pick him up and take him to Children's for x-rays. Mrs. Stephanie had to carry him to the car for me b/c I was carrying Evan, and Ty could not walk at all. Gramps met me at the ER and helped me get Ty in and settled. By this time he was screaming in pain. Every time he would bend his leg to 90 degrees or rotate it at all he would cry out. He was saying that his knee hurt and now his hip. The doctors took his blood and did leg x-rays. Ty's bloodwork came back fine and the x-rays showed no broken bones. The doctor just thought that he had a severe bruise from his fall. The doctor did mention that it could be something called toxic synovitis, but that usually the patient has a cold for a few days and runs a low grade fever with hip pain on one side. Ty only had the hip pain, but I should have known because Ty chooses to do things that are not by the text books. He gave Ty ibuprofen and sent us home telling us to have Ty rest and to see the doctor the next morning. So we get him home, carrying him to and from the car, house, etc. Anytime he is in another position other than flat on his back he is writhing in pain and screaming crying. Immediately I know that something just isn't right. I mean the kiddo has had his eyes cut on multiple times and never cried like this. His pain tolerance is just extremely high. I knew it wasn't a bruised hip. I just wasn't sure what we were dealing with. So after talking to a friend who has a friend in orthopedics, he suggested I take Ty back to Children's. I completely agreed, and I was so thankful to have my concerns affirmed. We get to the ER and they do more blood work. Ty's counts had tripled in the 3 hours that we had been home. He also started to run a fever. The diagnosis- Toxic synovitis. They did an ultrasound on his hip and saw fluid collected on it. So they admitted us last night and by 11:00pm we were in a room. They wanted us to talk to the orthopedic doctor this morning b/c he wanted to drain the fluid. There was a chance that it could be a bacterial infection. In fact, they were pretty sure that it was. So at 1:30pm this afternoon they drained the fluid. He got 5cc of pus out of the hip. The pus is definitely a bacterial infection. So Ty is on a strong IV antibiotic. They are sending off the bacteria to determine what kind we are dealing with. It is staph, but what kind they are not sure of yet. Most likely it is MRSA. So Ty will be at Children's Hosptial until at least the latter part of next week. When he does get to come home it will be with a pic line so that we can administer his antibiotics at home. He will have to be out of school for probably 3-4 weeks. He is in preschool, but he absolutely loves it and will be devastated to know he has to miss. Tonight with the fluid gone and the bacteria out of the hip, he was feeling a little better. He still cannot stand on his leg. It is extemely sore. The doc says that hopefully in the next day or two he will start getting back to his normal self.
That little guy has been through so much!! I know God has an awesome plan for him, and He is toughening him up for some serious battle time.
Please pray for us. That Ty would heal quickly, and that the stress of being in the hospital with two other children to care for would not overcome us. We have had lots of offers to help with Tristan and Evan. I thank each one of you who have offered, and may be taking you up on that offer. I am not really sure what we need at this point. We are taking it day by day. Just continue your prayers. We really feel them.
On a funny note, the nurse had given him some morphine right before the procedure this afternoon. It made Ty high as a kite. So when it was time to talk to the anesthesiologist about the procedure, she introduced herself. She was young, blonde, and attractive. So Ty is laying in his bed, and Andy and I are on his left side and the doc was on his right. He puts his hand to the right side of his mouth to hide his lips so only Andy and I could see him talk. All of the sudden he whispers really, really loudly. "SHE'S HOT!" I thought I would die. We all three just busted out laughing. It was so good for the soul. At least he has good taste. GO TY GO! I will keep you all posted as much as I can. Ty is in room 405 at Children's Hospital.

Love you all