CHOLA

Well Wednesday was our trip down to LA to see Dr. Kay at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles. The doctor said his foot is doing good. Just keep wearing the foot brace and then in a few years they will need to do surgery. However now they are saying he needs to have surgery on his right hip. (His left foot is his bad foot). The long bone in the thigh (tibia or fiblia or whatever) doesn't fit exactly correctly into the hip joint. So they gave us a brace for him to wear at night while he is sleeping and will hold the bone into place. Well the doctor called me last night and said that he presented our childs case to all the other doctors and they said to have him wear the brace for 6 months and then come back for xrays and then they will have to do surgery. If we want to do the surgery sooner then we can opt for that as well. I am glad that they are so on top of things, I just feel so bad for him. Like if it isn't one thing then it is another. My poor baby has been through so many illnesses and surgeries...does it ever stop for him? However at the time they do the surgery for his hip then they can shave a little bit off of the bone at the same time and that will make the legs the same length. (The bad foot leg is a bit shorter than the other leg too). So we have to go back in 6 months and we will go from there. He hasn't been feeling completely great the last few nights so he has been sleeping with us, so we haven't made him wear the brace yet. He has to sleep on his stomach or back for it, and he is a complete side sleeper. My poor little guy. Yet through all of this he is such a good little trooper. He is such a good guy. Well we will see how it goes with the brace and the next 6 months. I am glad that they can get all of this done before he starts school as kids these days are so mean and I don't want him to get teased.