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[ljgeoff]

Luke is home today because he had an awful night, with pain in his knee and ankle. He's had this, on and off, since he was three or so -- pain in the middle of the night, usually in his knees and sometimes in his ankles. Sometimes massaging the joint is enough to get him back to sleep, and sometimes he needs a tylenol. He (and Sam) have hyperflexive joints, so he might be stressing them during play. Our doctor calls it "growing pains:"

The term 'growing pains' has been used for almost 200 years to refer to the often severe, generally bilateral lower-extremity nocturnal pains experienced by up to one-third of all children at some time during early childhood. No clear mechanism has yet been identified that explains these pains, but there is an increasing body of evidence indicating that several factors, individually or in combination, might be responsible for this phenomenon. These include mechanical factors, such as joint hypermobility and flat feet, decreased pain thresholds, reduced bone strength, and emotional factors involving the patient's family and other social stressors.

His joints aren't sore now, but he was up for hours, so I let him sleep in. This used to happen maybe once or twice a month, but it's been ages since the last time.

Now we're eating powdered donuts in bed. He's very funny and smart. Not too long ago, he was introduced to LOLcats, and he is ready to make some of his own -- but we can't find the camera. :(

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[hermetic.livejournal.com]

Aw, poor kid. I had acute growing pains in early adolescence (hello, discovery of my severe codeine intolerance!), so I totally empathize with Luke and am agog that he's had to deal with it chronically.

He's definitely a trooper.

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

When it was happening three or four times a month, there were some nights when he was teary-eyed, but I wouldn't say that his pain level was such that he'd have needed codeine to get through it; he usually fell asleep if I massaged his knees, or, like last night, OTC pain meds were enough to bring it down so he could sleep.

But he is *such* a cool kid. I'm split between wanting to stop time and wanting to look ahead at the man he will be.

[julia-reynolds.livejournal.com]

Hey, this is weird - last night I dreamed we were all at Wiscon and you were throwing me a bridal shower. But I've really been married for 20+ years, so wtf?

It was a really good shower though, so thanks ;-)

I have a Luke also. The obligatory Star Wars jokes we use on ours:
at the dinner table, "Use the fork Luke" (that has been funny since he was 3, to the rest of us anyway),

and from his Dad, "Luke, I am your father." which Dad never gets tired of doing.

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

It was a really good shower though, so thanks ;-)

I would *so* give you a killer bridal shower.

I remember having dinner at my folk's house, and my Mother saying, "Luke? Oh, that's a classy, biblical name. Good choice." -- while I kicked my husband under the table as he was putting his hands over his mouth and making Darth-Vadar-Breathing noises.