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 was the day. Dr. Hoffinger said that Amy would start to feel better when one of two things happened: A) Her graft heals to the point that the bone hardens at the bottom, ending/lessening her pain. B) Her graft breaks, releasing the pressure on her leg and ending/lessening 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…
Today was another hard day. It started at Zero Dark 30 with screaming. I have no idea what time it was, I just ran to her bedroom while she howled. She begged me to make it stop, and for the first time as I massaged her, I felt it. A 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…
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…
6 months Post-op McFarland Bypass (done 2/21/2018) Looks much the same, nice and straight though! If you look closely, you can see the graft is much less defined, so that is positive! I was a little disappointed to see this x-ray. I was hoping for something far more dramatic, but Read more…
4 months 4 weeks 3 days Post-op McFarland Bypass (done 2/21/2018) Couple things to take note of: 1st, up at the top the graft used to stick out a lot more. Now it’s not. It’s HEALING!!! ??? 2nd- the split in the graft is filling in! 3rd- Damn me if Read more…
10 weeks 5 days Post-op McFarland Bypass (done 2/21/2018) We tried to distract Amy with headphones and an iPad. Total fail. There was screaming. ? But, this new cast-guy is a wizard. Never have I seen anyone whip off a cast so fast! Very impressed. Wow! Look at that lateral view. Looks Read more…
8 weeks post-op (McFarland Bypass done 2/21/2018) Cast came off with minimal issues, as he just cut it off with scissors. However Amy was very distressed about him (and others) touching her special leg. It is SUPER sensitive. ? Here is some evidence of healing, but the bone hasn’t really incorporated Read more…