Guest guest Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hi again! It's , the Rotweiler for my daughter, is. We saw a new peds rheumy almost 3 weeks ago now. He said that if he had seen her initially 10 months ago he would have started with a steroid injection for her left wrist and never messed with prednisone, MTX, or naproxen. Lexi got her first injection this past Friday at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, VA. I was so worried about it, but the staff there were wonderful! I was able to stay with Lexi the entire time. They gave her a little versed before starting her IV so she doesn't remember anything at all about getting an IV or her injection. I'm already seeing a big improvement in her ROM - she's got to be in the upper 50's to low 60's now (seems like she's been in the 30's and 40's forever). Its such a nice feeling to now have a plan for her and no longer feel like we're just driving in circles around the parking lot trying to figure out how to work the GPS. The new doctor said we can now use the naproxen as needed instead of scheduled twice a day and with using it less frequently we can also stop the zantac for her heartburn caused by the prednisone and naproxen together. He said if she is doing really well in 6 weeks at her next visit we can even talk about stopping the MTX!!! Wow! He also said to go to occupational therapy and have them work on her wrist and arm and " get yourself graduated as soon as you can. " On another note, I have thought for almost a year that Lexi's wrist problems were precipitated by her broken collar bone from March of 2010. I was on facebook about a week ago and came across a picture of her from 6 weeks before the injury and the wrist problem is so obvious! I don't know how we had missed it for so long. I'm estimating that she had wrist problems for at least 8 months prior to us finding out about it (gotta love the computer and being able to go waaay back looking at pictures!) The new doc also gave us her official diagnosis " oligoarticular JIA. " Like said, such a relief to know what we're dealing with and how we're going to deal with it! , Rotweiler for is, 5, oligo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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