Re: Grant had his tenotomy

[Guest guest]

Yeah Grant!

I think my son made it a game to see how quick he could dirty his

casts! Little boys are so much fun. Congrats on this milestone-it

sounds like he has been blessed with a great and caring doctor.

kathleen

mom to david bcf fab 12.7

>

> Grant had his tenotomies yesterday. Dr. Koop wanted to do it in

the OR because

> of it being a sterile environment, so we had to prep. I thought

it was going

> to be really tough, but it turned out really well. Grant sat on

daddy's lap

> and grinned at everybody while getting his blood pressure, temp,

weight, and

> all that good stuff done.

>

> Grant is now sporting a plaster cast covered by fiberglass full-

length casts.

> Yikes. It is hard to change a boy's diapers with these things!

He peed in the

> upper part of the cast and pooped on the back side of it. LOL

One incision

> bled a bit more than the other, but overall it went well.

>

> Dr. Koop said Grant has tibial torsion, also. I'm not sure if

we'll be doing

> anything about that or not, but right now we're trying to figure

out what will

> be the best brace to use with the spina bifida and retaining the

correction.

>

> Joy

>

>

>

> Rose (1-99)

http://www.geocities.com/joybelle15/rosesclubfootpage.html

> Iris (2-01)

> Spencer (3-03)

> Grant (9-05) http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/grantphilip

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Way to go Grant!

Grant had his tenotomy

Grant had his tenotomies yesterday. Dr. Koop wanted to do it in the OR

because

of it being a sterile environment, so we had to prep. I thought it was going

to be really tough, but it turned out really well. Grant sat on daddy's lap

and grinned at everybody while getting his blood pressure, temp, weight, and

all that good stuff done.

Grant is now sporting a plaster cast covered by fiberglass full-length casts.

Yikes. It is hard to change a boy's diapers with these things! He peed in

the

upper part of the cast and pooped on the back side of it. LOL One incision

bled a bit more than the other, but overall it went well.

Dr. Koop said Grant has tibial torsion, also. I'm not sure if we'll be doing

anything about that or not, but right now we're trying to figure out what will

be the best brace to use with the spina bifida and retaining the correction.

Joy

Rose (1-99) http://www.geocities.com/joybelle15/rosesclubfootpage.html

Iris (2-01)

Spencer (3-03)

Grant (9-05) http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/grantphilip

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

--- number23 wrote:

> Way to go Grant!

Thank you, ee.

Joy

Rose (1-99) http://www.geocities.com/joybelle15/rosesclubfootpage.html

Iris (2-01)

Spencer (3-03)

Grant (9-05) http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/grantphilip

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

--- wrote:

> Good to hear that the tenotomy went well!! I am interested to learn

> what bracing will be used for Grant as sb runs in my family as well.

> What are the issues involved if you don't mind my asking?

>

> Really glad that Grant is doing well and that it went so well

> yesterday!! Give him a hug from us =)

Thank you, . Grant has some hip and leg issues, so we're having to

take that into consideration for the bracing. I've showed Dr. Koop the brace

Dr. Dobbs has developed, but I'm not sure where we're going yet with the

bracing. We'll be talking more about it in a couple of weeks. Usually with

sb, he does afo, and I think that's because it braces from the knee down. I'll

be sure to update when I know more, though.

Joy

Rose (1-99) http://www.geocities.com/joybelle15/rosesclubfootpage.html

Iris (2-01)

Spencer (3-03)

Grant (9-05) http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/grantphilip

__________________________________________________