Hi all,
Hope the STW collective wisdom can give me some guidance.
Our 15 month old daughter had a scoliosis which after about 8 months fully resolved itself without treatment and all seemed well. The little one has been attending nursery and has came back on each occasion and then developed a sniffle or cold a couple of days later, but I believe all this is normal. However over the weekend she has started to walk as though she is trying to protect or keep weight off one leg, and she seems generally under the weather and quite teary. When you look at her walking, it looks as if her back is out of alignment but Im assuming this may be due to a possible pain or injury in one of her legs/hips, and she is leaning to counteract and balance. This morning she refuses to walk or stand at all, and we made an emergency appointment at the GPs, where he examined her and concluded there is nothing wrong, she is just feeling rough due to cold or flu etc. we are really worried, and Im planning on taking her to the Children's hospital up the road's A&E department to get her checked, either for a problem associated to her scoliosis, or to have her checked for a possible injury causing her distress or pain.
Just want to check opinions about whether this is a justified course of action, and whether I can insist she gets x-rays etc? Fussing parent I know but the thought of her suffering kills me!
Any advice much appreciated as always
They checked her over and ruled that out. More bloode tests, and then passed her to medical consultants, and they have been stumped. They gave her another batch of X-rays in the chest area this time, an echo cardiogram, and an ecg, all showing nothing. She then got passed to an infectious diseases specialist, and they were talking about TB which was very worrying. They did more tests and ruled that out, but found fluid in the abdomen after revisiting the MRI and X-rays. So she was moved to an source isolation ward for observation, and the antibiotics were stopped in case they were hiding anything. She has got a bit better, still off her food a bit but drinking and up and about like a little trooper. Still all smiles too 
