So Jon did manage to get to school Thursday for the one day before March break. A couple of hours into the school day, we get a phone call from his teacher (uh oh). It turns out, no, he’s not sick, but there’s something about his hip, the operated-on one (UH OH) – it’s really sticking out and almost looks dislocated. The physiotherapist said she didn’t see anything wrong, and it doesn’t seem to be causing him any pain, but have a look at it when he gets home.

When Jon got home we took a gander at Jon’s hip. Looked fine to us (which is not to say that it looks “normal”; just no different from usual). All we can figure is that 1) Jon’s lost weight from his flu, which makes his (now bony) hip look like it juts out even more than usual; and 2) the teacher and E.A.s hadn’t really looked at Jon for two weeks (he being away from school ‘n’ all) and freaked out when they actually observed his hip at close range (it does look a bit weird, for the uninitiated).

Ah well, this kind of non-event event is a bit of a trial for the nerves, but it beats a real emergency any day!