the saga continues...

We followed up with the pediatric neurosurgeon yesterday. He's sending Jimmy for an MRI, and on the prescription for it, it actually says "needs anesthesia because he cannot lie still." (Jim and I are so proud, lol!)

The mri is so that they can get a baseline image of the cyst. They'll compare each yearly scan to this original one. He doesn't suspect that it is causing or will cause any problems, but it's there, so it needs to be monitored. He described it as being "rather not large." So in English, that means it's not small. I'll settle for medium I guess. There is slight compression on his brain - but nothing significant at all.

Basically, we wait and see. These cysts can shrink, grow, or stay the same. If it were to grow, and cause problems, then they would consider shunting or draining it. In the meantime, it's not life threatening.

Then on to yesterday - Jim took the kids to see Toy Story 3. On the way in, the escalator wasn't working, so they had to walk up the escalator. Jimmy took one step, and it was a mis-step, and ended up with a decent cut on his shin. Security came, cleaned him up and suggested that perhaps it needed a butterfly or so, but Jimmy wanted to see the movie, so they bandaged him up and headed into in to see it...

When they got home and I got to see it, I thought perhaps that I should throw him in the car and take him to the ER for stitches. I checked with my neighbor (mother of 2 boys) to see what she thought - she agreed with me. When I got the othe ER, I really thought they were going to call Child Protective Services or something - This made 3 ER trips in the last 3 months (2 of which were yesterday and last week!) Thank goodness for witnesses -lol!

Anyway, 5 stitches is what it came down to... Never a dull moment. He's in good spirits - but exhausted since we didn't get home until after 1 a.m.

This morning, it was off to the Endocrinologist for his Juvenile Diabetes 3 month appointment. Everything looks good - The Doctor was pleased with his progress and that he tests his own blood and knows what to do when he feels "low." They feel that we're doing everything right and he's on track. So that's at least some positive news - things are looking up!!