Another Hannah update

We ended up back in the pediatrician's office yesterday and saw one of the other doctor's in the practice. Hannah's foot had become red, inflamed, and warm again. So, we heard from yet another doctor that they had NO idea what was wrong with her foot and she wanted to send us to see a Pediatric Orthopedist...well, he can't see her until the middle of June. So, Jeff and I made the decision to take her to see the specialists at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Here is the update from our day there...

6 hours and 3 doctors later I believe we finally have some sort of an answer. They have diagnosed her with cellulitis. The original ER doc said it could possibly be cellulitis, but the pediatrician and other doctors discounted that because ‘children do not get that.’ Well, the specialists at Tufts said, YES THEY DO! So, all of this just to find out that the first ER doc had it right – frustrating!! The infectious disease specialist did say that she should have responded more quickly to the antibiotics and found that rather interesting. But, he did not put her on any more meds, he said that was not necessary at this time. We are going to watch and see what happens, he fully expects we have seen the end of this and she will make marked improvement over the next 24-48 hours – if not, they want to see her again. And it figures, the first two doctors who saw her saw her foot when it was red , inflamed, and warm…but, by the time the specialist got there (she had been off her foot all day) it was back to normal…figures! But, he did see how different her two feet looked (which had every other doctor stumped) – he just looked at it and said ‘WOW, her foot was really swollen at the beginning of this…see here, this is what is left over from the swelling stretching her foot’ – It took 6 doctors before we got an answer to that!!! I will say the staff at Tufts Medical Center were outstanding, we felt VERY well taken care of for the first time in this whole ordeal. The doctors actually listened and genuinely wanted to find out what was wrong.
Anyway, I suppose I feel closure now, she’s seen the best of the best, so now all we have to do is continue to trust that God has this all under control and trust that the worst is behind us!

Thank you all for your prayers! We truly appreciate them!!