9 Month Evaluation

Monday ~ December 17, 2007

Dr. G evaluated Hunter today and the muscles had tightened a little bit more than he'd like to have seen. He instructed me to do the PROM exercises a bit more...I must admit with all of the holiday craziness I had slacked off a bit....time to get back on the ball!!! His 12mo eval will be in March and I just can't believe it's been almost ONE YEAR already!! If the muscles are still tight the doc will look at doing an MRI to see what's going on and may recommend surgery. BUT since Mom is sticking to the exercises and working with the therapist to get those muscles loosened up we KNOW that surgery won't be necessary! :)

In November I mentioned something I have been noticing to Ms. Marty, Hunter's Occupational Therapist, regarding his legs when he "scoots" across the floor. She seemed a bit concerned and called Ms. Jennifer, a Physical Therapist, over to take a look. Afte watching him "commando crawl" around the room she recommended that Ms. Marty set up a Physical Therapy evaluation for as soon as possible. We had that done late November and after an hour of evaluating his movements she noted that he seemed a bit weak in his legs. He was turning his right foot out and pushing most of his body weight with that one foot. He was holding his left foot up in the air as he pushed forward with the right. She thought maybe it was a reversed form of club foot at first and then became concerned that he was shifting his weight in his pelvis. Anyway, it was determined that he could benefit from a regular weekly PT appt. on top of the OT appt. So, we are now on the waiting list for that! It's perfect timing since he is becoming so much more mobile these days! Pray that we get a spot soon...

We moved to Willis, TX recently and love being back in the country. We are close to family and our church so it's been really good. In October Hunter's Great Grandma, Nanny Granny, went on to be with the Lord and we already miss her so very much. But we know she is in a better place and we will see her again one day!

I'll keep you posted as events unfold. Blessings!