Jordan Update

First off, I'm sorry that the video of Emery isn't working. I'll have to try and catch her laughing with the video camera.

On Wednesday, I took Jordan up to the Orthopedic clinic at the Children's Hospital to meet with the doctor concerning the problems he has been having with his joints. Everyone kept assuring me that it was just "growing pains". I definetely wanted that to be true. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Jordan was diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis. At this stage, it only affects his knees, left shoulder and back. We have a temporary course of treatment to help control the flare ups until we can meet with the Rheumatologist, who will put together a more permanent treatment.

Jordan is such a trooper. It wasn't until he was answering the doctor's questions that I found out that he wakes up many mornings stiff and sore. He has never complained to me, other than the flare ups when he has been unable to walk. That night as I tucked him in, he declared that it had been a great day. I was shocked because it hadn't been a super great day from his mom's perspective. I asked him why he thought that it had been a great day. He said it was because when he had his blood drawn, he didn't faint this time and that he got to go to the hospital cafe and have green jello and banana bread. I love my Jordan! He is the sweetest most easy going little boy I know (Unless I am telling him it is time to go to bed)!