Ethan's bone scan showed a spot on his hip along with the area to his spine. Our first fear of course was tumor. We spent a very tense several days awaiting the results from that xray. Thankfully though, we were told that there is a break in the lower part of his pelvis as well. (ischial region) It was classified as an old avulsion fracture. Poor kids been walking around with a broken back AND a broken hip.
As far as we know at this point, this injury is not related to the break in the back and we are pretty sure we know the cause. Two years ago on the first hurdle of the first race of the first track meet of 8th grade, Ethan went down. It was a terrible hamstring injury. He could not walk or bear weight on that leg. We were told both the first and second time we went to the dr. for this that hamstring injuries just take a long time to heal...it was never xrayed and we were more or less just told to ice and rest it.... hmmmm... same advice we were given for his back.....
So anyway, the fracture never healed and now there is a lot of ossified bone in and around that part of his pelvis. Most likely looking at surgery and a possible bone graft to fix it all.
As far as his back goes... we will continue to wait. His next appointment at Riley is on December 3rd. They will do a follow up MRI at that time. If the bones do not show sufficient healing, the next step will be surgery and a biopsy.
He is doing well for the most part. The brace really has helped his pain. He continues to have hip and leg pain but at least we know the source of that now. So we wait.
Have I ever mentioned I am not a very patient person....
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