May 4, 2015

Thomas did a great job as goalie on Sunday.  His team lost 5-6 but he stopped a lot of shots.  He rested and played outside on Sunday.  Mostly he had a good day.  At night, he complained that legs legs really hurt.

Today started out okay.  He felt pretty good.  He was able to complete all of his schoolwork.  He has already started 3rd grade (he should just be finishing 2nd grade).  He's on day 30 for every subject except Math; he's on day 60 something.  I took him to gym class at the elementary school.  I didn't know they were going to be running for their fitness test.  He had to run a 1/2 mile.  By the time I realized that was what they were doing, it was too late to stop him.  He came in first in his class with a 3:45 half mile, beating his fall time by 2 seconds.  Immediately following gym class, his head began to hurt and he got dizzy.  His stomach has been hurting a lot too.  We started giving him Aloe again on Saturday and rubbing the digestion blend on his belly but it still hurts.  He needed some help walking and he held on to things in the house if he was moving from room to room.  At one point, he was standing in the entrance to the kitchen, off the hallway by his room, holding onto the wall, talking with everyone in the kitchen, he let go of the wall and almost fell backwards.  Luckily, he reached fast enough to grab the counter and pull himself back up.  Scared me to see him lose his balance like that though.  With all this going on we weren't able to take him to his tryouts for hockey.  I feel terrible.  He really wanted to play for the K-Wings.  The coach did call Joe and they may be able to work something out because the coach has seen Thomas play.  We aren't sure at this point if he can handle playing.  We've decided to call the Pediatric Rheumatologist tomorrow and see how far out we are to get an appointment.  Our doctor sent a referral over late last week and they were to call in 1-2 weeks.  We were planning on waiting until late June or early July to schedule an appointment but with how things are progressing, we've decided not to wait.  We are looking into autoimmune offerings at U of M too.  Something is just not right with the headaches and dizziness.  Poor kid is spending more and more time laying down with his Legos.