For anyone reading this blog I thought I would write an update regarding Lucia's leg. A nurse called me several days after taking Lucia to the InstaCare facility and having her leg x-rayed. The nurse said a radiologist has looked at the x-ray and did not feel there was even a buckle break to Lucia's leg. I was at a loss. How could she be in so much pain and nothing be broken?

My gut feeling was that there really was something wrong with Lucia's leg. She wasn't putting much weight on it and had reverted to crawling to get around. So, when my gut feeling was counter to the logic of modern medicine I called my mother. She agreed that Lucia wouldn't be faking for this long. She suggested I take Lucia to a chiropractor. Mind you I have known people who had great experiences with chiropractic work; however, I thought it couldn't be that easy.

I decided to wait it out. I did massage Lucia's leg because I wondered if she could have injured her muscles or tendons. I also decided not to push her to walk. Meanwhile I took a stroller to day care for her teacher's to use.

Lucia was starting to get better and then regressed. I couldn't get her in to her pediatrician quickly because they reserve immediate openings for people with sicknesses. Why was this not as important as an ear infection?

I still did not trust that the chiropractor was the solution, but I got an appointment right away. I would only be out some time off work and a co-pay. At this point it was almost three weeks from the incident, and I was eager to have my child not be in pain.

The chiropractor popped her ankle and her hip...and viola! It was so simple! Yet I refused to believe something so simple would solve the problem.

Have I been forever changed? Maybe not. I do believe I learned something important about parenting, and about myself.

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