Medical Update - 4/15/09

12:48pm - Discharged

Neurology came by, gave Annie the once over and pronounced her okay. They do want to see her in their office on Monday morning just to double check.

So Neurology Monday morning to check the head for swelling and club foot clinic next Thursday to close up the casts for the next 5 weeks.

I am just waiting for the call to go pick up the girls . . . It will be nice to be home this evening.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

7am - Good Morning

Well we all made it through the night.

The wife thinks that Annie might have some swelling in her head (unrelated to yesterday's surgery) so since we are here, we asked for a neurology consult. Orthopedics has already come by and released us to go home but now we wait for neuro.

I am heading in to the office this morning and will return to pick up the girls when they are discharged later today. So now what?

Annie has two fiberglass casts on her legs but they are split up the side to allow for any surgery-related swelling. We will return to the club foot clinic next Thursday to have her casts effectively clamped shut for the next 5 weeks or so.

5 weeks after that, we will return to have the current casts removed, the pins in her feet and ankles removed, and new casts put on for another 5 weeks or so.

The real trick is going to be keeping little Houdini-belle from slipping out of her casts. If you imagine your foot cast at a right ankle, the only way you can slip the cast off is to have your foot point downwards to make the bend in the cast - which we of course want to avoid. So we will need to watch that carefully.

Thank you for all your prayers, comments and emails of support. Although we may not answer every phone call or e-mail during these times, they really give us a lift and help us keep our heads about us.

Thank you thank you thank you!

10 weeks until shoe shopping!