How we first made our appointment

I thought I should post about how we got to the pediatrician in the first place. I first heard Millie say that her calf hurt on the Wednesday before Thankgsiving Day. She was wearing her new birthday boots, and so I assumed that the zipper was bothering her. I looked at her leg and saw there was no redness or bruise, so we changed her shoes and went on with our day (and on this day I took the kids on a long walk around Petaluma- about 2 miles all told).

The previous Saturday, Millie and Griffin had gone to their friend Hunter's birthday party at Redwood Empire Gymnastics. Lots of jumping, climbing, running, etc. On Sunday, we had Millie's birthday party here at the house, and rented a jump house. Again, lots of running and jumping.

In retrospect, Brian and I are grateful for the 2 solid days of stress on her bone, as this seems to have gotten her to the place where her leg hurt enough to really say something. If she had not had this activity, perhaps we would have gone weeks further without knowing.

In school the next week, Millie seemed to limp a bit, and run with a little hop- favoring her right leg. On Wednesday, Griffin told us that Millie had not participated at recess (very unusual for her), and Brian and I noticed her calf was swollen and hard to the touch (unlike soft muscle). I immediately called the doctor for an appointment. He wisely directed us to Xray, even though Millie did not appear to be in tremendous pain or immobilized. We are grateful for this quick action by our pediatrician.