Iowa City

We had an unexpected trip to Iowa City yesterday. Maybe not totally unexpected, because we knew that Alex was going in this month to have his foot checked out. But unexpected because it wasn't supposed to be yesterday. We found out our appointment had been bumped to later in the month, and when I called to "discuss" this with them, they called back 20 minutes later and said that they had a 2:45 appt. time. So Mom, Alex, Addie and I packed up about 1:00 and headed south.
Aaron met us at the hospital (so did Megan, but a little later) and went in with us. Mom stayed outside with Addie in the waiting room and Aaron came in with Alex and I to help be another set of ears. I was very pleased and impressed with Dr. Joshi. She was very thorough and asked lots of questions, checked out lots on Alex, had him do lots of little activities and gave us an initial diagnosis of tight heel cord. So what this means for us is that he will need to have physical therapy to help loosen that heel cord up, and in the meantime, we will go back down in 2 to 3 weeks for an MRI. Now that she has an idea of what it is, she wants to see what is causing it, what is the root problem. So we will probably be back down multiple time. This will make everyone sad I am sure, because we will probably have to eat dinner out again together. :)
Anyhow, I was just very happy to have a few answers, even if they come with more questions. It was good to have someone affirm what you have been thinking all along.
Now, if I totally missed something here, or didn't explain this correctly, Aaron is going to have to let me know, because half the time I was dealing with Alex while the doctor was talking and at least he was able to listen carefully.
Thanks for helping out Brummers!