Wednesday, June 30, 2010

a good appointment

We (Me, Jason, and Evelyn) took Jack to see the orthopaedic specialist today. The reason for the trip? Jack isn't bearing weight. We needed to rule out hip subluxation. We also needed to view Jack's spine to rule out pediatric scoliosis.
The results? Good! Jack's hips look good. No problems. His spine looks good as well. No scoliosis. However, because Jack has pectus carinatum, we'll need to come back in a year to be sure that the rib cage isn't causing the spine to form incorrectly.
Jack has been cleared to start using a standing frame
for physical therapy, along with AFO's. We have the script for the AFOs and we will be talking to the physical therapist in the morning about what step needs to be taken next.
We're so happy that Jack's hips are fine!

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