I feel the need to celebrate a little today. Amy has always struggled with her braces. Once we found how to make her comfortable (Brace #3) she proceeded to start smashing through them. They would be remade 2 or even 3 times due to breakage. Her record? Quickest brace break: Read more…
So I have a problem. Amy is doing awesome. Too awesome. She is sleeping without a brace, and if I put her to bed in it, she’ll take it off. What a the turkey. We are now potty-training, and she’s doing super well. But I’ve been noting she’ll get up Read more…
I never understood why i was always told by the community to wear an old brace to swim/at the splash pad/beach. Wow. Okay, I get it now! ? Salt water is NO JOKE!
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…
Brace #8 today, and it looks great, and is another new design! Look at this print! Scooby looks AWESOME! I was pretty surprised- I expected him to be a lot smaller, and the pattern busier. But Amy is happy, so I am as well. I really, really like our new Read more…
We bought new shoes today, always a struggle, but I found a pair of cute sandals at Payless. I took a little video because she decided she wanted to walk. She really only feels comfortable when holding onto to something/someone. 11 weeks, 3 days post-op
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…
The alternate title of this post could be “The Moronic Orthotist Who Obviously Hates My Baby” *sigh* Anyways… Today we got brace #7! I was surprised to see we had (yet another!) new brace design- since I was ridiculously specific about every aspect of the brace I wanted… But hey! Read more…
Amy had her cast removed today. It was extra traumatic because not only did they cut the cast off (which is always horrible) but he didn’t take a break halfway though. I’ve never seen anyone not take a break think the saw got hot and may have burned her a Read more…
Hanging out at Hanger while attempting to get her brace fixed. Looks like we’re going to try and just cut it back the foot portion, and hope for the best.