I was so nervous. The whole way there, tears were threatening, or falling. Amy was mostly silent, sleeping. At one point she did ask is we were driving all the way to London to see Dr. Hoffinger. It brought much needed laughter. The radio was broken, so I was mostly Read more…
Giant. Ball. Of. Emotion. Today was a visit like any other. I had hoped for good news, but I was prepared for Dr. Hoffinger to tell me nothing had changed. I had hoped that he would give us clearance for a hinge, and I wanted to talk about limitations in Read more…
So, today found us back at Stanford a little early. Originally we were scheduled for next week, but she’s been kicking her brace off more and ore due to increased pain, so we got her in right away. Thanks to the iPad, she was plenty entertained, and had no problem Read more…
Today was out first tandem appointment for getting the Littles’ eyes checked out. I was slightly nervous about Amy’s little brother because he had never has his eyes checked before. I’ll admit that there was that little voice that was hissing, “What if???” in my ear. It was raining when Read more…
Wow. One year. It’s astonishing how fast this year has flown. A year ago we were so afraid. “Is it broken?” “Is this the right choice?” “What if it doesn’t work?” “Will it heal?” “What will the outcome be?” So much fear and uncertainty, and yet, here we are. One Read more…
I heard from Dr. Hoffinger today! He is very pleased with Amy’s new x-ray! He said, “Keep doing what you’re doing, keep going to that church, saying those prayers, doing those rain dances, whatever you’re doing, KEEP IT UP! Change nothing, and come see me in a month.” Amy’s (awesome) Read more…
So today we headed back to Emeryville to see Dr. Hoffinger. So that means, we get to ride the train! ? It is SO much better than driving. It takes the same amount of time (or sometimes less), and costs about the same. Also, breakfast! Anyways, we had a very Read more…
Well, today was the day. We’ve been using the Exogen bone stimulation for 6 weeks now. Results are typical in 6 to 12 weeks. So, what do we think??? X-rays. The image on the left is from 4 weeks ago (post-op #6) and the one on the right is from Read more…
Today we met our new doctor, Dr. Beres. Amy will be seeing her from now on to ensure that if she develops any tumors in her optic nerves, we can treat them quickly. Unfortunately, there’s no train nearby, so we had to drive. Amy was less than enthused- probably since Read more…
6 months 4 weeks post op (McFarland Bypass done 2/21/18) The incorporation at the top of the graft looks as amazing as the bottom looks awful. ? So, the news is not fantastic. It’s just not healing well at the distal end. ? On the positive side we’ve only been doing bone stimulation for Read more…