Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Dan Zane and Friends
About 2 weeks ago we went to the Dan Zane concert with some friends. We had a great time but the heat forced us out. It was very humid and there was no AC at the Concord High School. Since Carter still had his cast on - he was miserable! We spent about an hour at the concert then went with our friends to Friendlys for ice cream. It was such a great day out even though we were hot and sticky!!!
Better Late than Never!!
This post is about one week late! Carter got his cast off early due to some cast ISSUES! You can use your imagination if you have ever dealt with a spica cast! I will spare you the details. He is only wearing an ACE bandage. The past week he has been doing well and now is letting us take the ACE off for a couple hours a day. Soon he will go back to Next Step to start fitting for a new prosthesis. He is not walking on his little leg because it is VERY sensative. We are in the process of trying to de-sensatise his leg, but it is not that easy! Maggie brought a bean bucket big enough for both boys to fit in and that seems to help. We also are giving him tubbys with no ACE on. Hopefully soon we can get him in the pool, it will be the perfect therapy! So here is a picture of Carter right after he got his cast off.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Boston Childrens Dr Clowns
Everytime Carter has surgery at Childrens Hospital we see the Dr Clowns. They come and visit in pre-op and in inpatient rooms. This time we were lucky enough to have them come to our room. Carter was just starting to feel good and it was just what he needed. Some very cute Laughing pics.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Carter Walking on his Cast
I told you he was walking on his cast! Literally NOTHING holds this child back!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Carter Meeting his Surgeon
This past week Carter met his surgeon. Dr Spencer will be doing Carter's surgery in place of Dr Kasser who is on medical leave for the summer.
Dr Spencer will be removing a little bit more of Carter's leg and making several revisions. One of the revisions will be cutting the tibia and the heel bone and fusing them together. She will also be cutting his achilles tendon and reattaching it to the bottom of his tibia not his heel pad like what was done in the 1st amputation. She will save some soft tissue to wrap over the bottom of his leg. This is in hopes to prevent the achilles tendon from pulling the heel pad back like it has done. There is a chance of changes to this plan while he is in surgery. Dr Spencer needed us to give her full permission to revise at her discretion. They are unable to really say for sure exactly what they will do once they open him up again. He will be in a cast like before and stay in the hospital until his pain is able to be managed at home.
His surgery date is June 16th. We will be going next week for pre-op to Childrens.
Thank you everyone for all your support during this rough time.
Here is a picture of Carter at his appointment with Dr Spencer last week at Childrens Hospital Boston in Waltham. I also took a picture of a beautiful tree outside our exam room that I have to show off.
Fishin' with my Dad
Chase got to use his new SpongeBob Fishing Pole that Grammy got him!
Daddy took Chase to Doors Pond, just the 2 of them for Chase's 1st Fishing Trip.
Ever since they got back it is all Chase has been able to talk about.
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