“I Love a Challenge”

As our previous update said, Jason has been having serious pain in his arms, neck and shoulders.  The pain has spread to his legs and feet as well.  So, this morning we went to a specialist at Froedtert Hospital, the research hospital in Milwaukee.

After arriving about 30 min. late (snow is wonderful, isn’t it?), we had a full morning of poking and prodding, electrocuting, and drawing 11 vials of blood; the doctor’s conclusion was…and I quote…"I love a challenge."

The tests done this morning showed that Jason’s nerves are fine; the problem is his muscles. He probably has a metabolic muscle disorder of some sort. They are going to do a muscle biopsy, which should shed some light as to what he has. The doctor has only seen 3 cases similar to Jason’s in the 10 years that she’s been at Froedtert. They are not ruling out an auto-immune disease, either.

The doctor gave Jason some medicine that should help his symptoms while we are waiting for the biopsy and then the results of it, so hopefully that will give him some relief. We probably won’t know anything conclusive for at least 2 more months.