Knee pain

I'm not sure if I mentioned before about Arianna's leg pains. She has had leg pain the past few months during the night but this past month she is complaining about it during the day as well. The PT did an evaluation the other day and and I recently posted about that conversation so we are heading to ortho next week.



Thanks to another 22q mom telling me her daughter was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis I am a little more concerned there could be another underlining problem that is not being addressed.



I spoke with the pediatrician this morning and she wants to do x-rays of herknees and blood work. She said sometimes iron deficiency can cause leg pains,especially in the knees. She is also going to check her rheumatoid arthritisangitgen and inflammatory indicators. Not sure how long it takes to get thoseresults but we will be taking her in Monday for all of this and will follow upwith ortho and peds next Wednesday.I got some sad news that our pediatrician office might be closing down at ourspecial needs clinic. However, our pediatrician can still see us at thehospital. I am not big on taking Arianna to the hospital for general clinicvisits but I love this doctor and will do it. She is a huge advocate for Ariannaand really listens to what I tell her. If I research something and ask her tosee a specialist she is very open minded and at least gives me a consult.I'll keep you all updated on what happens.