Today was the first of the testing Casey John has to have done for his new doctor. We actually called the pediatrician and got her to do the blood work for us. We all went in first thing this morning and Casey John sat on his daddy’s lap and a really nice nurse helped hold [...]

This morning was Casey J’s appointment with the new doctor, a pediatric rheumatologist. After the mountain of paperwork (we had to have all labs and anything related to his hip faxed over) and a small wait we meet Dr. Carrasco. He’s young, very nice, and has a good sense of humor. We learned that Casey [...]

the meaning of life? Yes, well aren’t we all. Onto other news now. Casey John’s check-up at the orthopedic was somewhat uneventful. There was no change in his hip bone on the x-ray (good news - no avascular necrosis) however the symptoms he persistently has have the doctor leaning in a different direction, so he [...]

It’s been awhile since I’ve done an update on Casey John. Week before last we jumped in the jeep and headed up to Austin for his six month check-up with the orthapedic doctor. An hour and 45 minutes later (some big hold up on the interstate - normal travel time around 35 minutes) we arrived [...]

We started early this morning before heading up to Austin Children’s Hospital for Casey John’s appointment with his orthopedic doctor Dr. Shapiro. As soon as we got to the parking garage elevator, he began to tell his daddy and I he was “all better” and “I feel all better now”, he was nervous. Casey went [...]

Just a quick note to let ya’ll know that Casey J’s check-up with Dr. Shapiro is this week. His hip has been bothering him more than not lately. I am sure we will do x-rays to take a look. Will post Thursday after his appointment.