Caitlin Update- After the Doctor
Dec. 20th, 2010 08:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
michaeldthomasThe doctor part was great; the drive was scary as hell.
Anyway, Caitlin's Orthopaedic surgeon took some x-rays and examined her. He thinks everything looks great. Her hips are fine, and she maintained good range of motion in her legs. The only downside is that her leg bones still haven't healed (he expected this). This means another week in the brace full-time. After that, we can remove the brace for very light stretching. In three weeks he'll examine her again to see if she can get out of the brace completely and bear weight on her legs.
This means I need to bring her to school when she goes back in two weeks since her reclining wheelchair isn't designed for the bus. Oh, well.
It took us about 45 minutes to drive to the doctor's office. It took TWO HOURS to drive home. We hit rush hour during a snowstorm with complete whiteout conditions for half of the trip. Lynne is still shaking. We seriously thought we were going to end up in a ditch.
Anyway, Caitlin's Orthopaedic surgeon took some x-rays and examined her. He thinks everything looks great. Her hips are fine, and she maintained good range of motion in her legs. The only downside is that her leg bones still haven't healed (he expected this). This means another week in the brace full-time. After that, we can remove the brace for very light stretching. In three weeks he'll examine her again to see if she can get out of the brace completely and bear weight on her legs.
This means I need to bring her to school when she goes back in two weeks since her reclining wheelchair isn't designed for the bus. Oh, well.
It took us about 45 minutes to drive to the doctor's office. It took TWO HOURS to drive home. We hit rush hour during a snowstorm with complete whiteout conditions for half of the trip. Lynne is still shaking. We seriously thought we were going to end up in a ditch.
