All in a Day

We started the day with an AM appointment with the pediatrician for Luke. He's been tilting his head to the side since Friday. It looks odd and I was a little concerned. Seeing as how the boys will be spending the week with my parents in SF, I thought it would be good to get it checked out beforehand. I figured it could be an ear infection or even a stiff neck, but wanted our doctor to check him out. Anyway, she felt his neck and said it seemed a bit stiff, and he also had fluid in both ears (he's had a cold for over a week, so I wasn't surprised). Then she said she wanted to have him get an emergency CT scan in Sacramento"just in case." I knew what this meant since I had done an Internet search on the head tilt before our appointment. There was a chance (a small chance) that it could indicate a brain tumor. I got dizzy in the exam room when she made this recommendation as I was well aware of the reasoning she had. My mother's instinct figured he was OK and my assessment of the ear infection was probably correct, but I had to follow our trusted doc's advice (and I knew it would be a long week of worry for me if I didn't!). So instead of heading off for SF as planned, we went the opposite direction to the hospital in Sacramento. It wasn't too bad and didn't take too long. Then we made the trip to SF. Anyway, I received the call a couple of hours ago that everything looked OK on the CT. OMG the relief I felt cannot even be explained. I started to cry a bit, so happy not to hear the dreaded news that no parent could stand to hear about their child. I just hope I never have to experience those feelings ever again!