Tonight was Natalie's last night of Dream Catchers. It was her first year playing on the team, and she had a grand ol' time. She was so cute out there, wheeling around the bases with her head tilted back, smiling. It's such a great thing Michelle has put together for kids with disabilities--we can't thank her enough.
Here she is accepting her award. I'm so proud of her!
Natalie was really happy tonight...lots of smiles and eyes wide open.
Rounding third and heading for home!
We have some sad news to report, I'm afraid. Natalie has been acting strange the past week or so. She isn't as happy throughout the day as she normally is, and has trouble getting to sleep at night. I always worry that this is due to an increase in seizure activity. However, at last week's physical therapy session, her physical therapist mentioned something about Natalie's hip popping a bit and she hoped it wasn't causing her any discomfort.
Here she is accepting her award. I'm so proud of her!
Natalie was really happy tonight...lots of smiles and eyes wide open. 
Rounding third and heading for home!
We have some sad news to report, I'm afraid. Natalie has been acting strange the past week or so. She isn't as happy throughout the day as she normally is, and has trouble getting to sleep at night. I always worry that this is due to an increase in seizure activity. However, at last week's physical therapy session, her physical therapist mentioned something about Natalie's hip popping a bit and she hoped it wasn't causing her any discomfort.
So, last night, I tried turning Nat on her other side before going to bed. That did the trick; she relaxed and went right to sleep. So, today we got her in to see her pediatrician, who ordered an x-ray. It showed what we had suspected...she has a dislocated right hip. It's a little hard to explain, but since Natalie doesn't walk, she doesn't put pressure on those hip joints. That pressure creates the cup-shaped socket for the end of her femur to fit in; but in this situation, that socket is basically flat. Her femur is pushed out a bit and that is what is causing her such discomfort.
We are waiting to hear back from a doctor in Grand Forks who will be caring for Natalie. We're not sure what he will recommend at this point, so I'm not going to speculate. I hope that it's an easy fix and we can manage the pain with ibuprofen until it is "fixed." Our poor little girl is such a little trooper---I feel horrible that I didn't figure this out before last night. Please pray for her speedy recovery! She was really happy tonight, so please know that she is not in constant pain with this hip, I'm sure it just bugs her at certain times depending on how she is positioned. We'll let you know more when we know more!
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