Well, Jesse had an appointment with the surgeon today. (his surgery was 12/15 and his irrigation and debridement was 12/25)
Jesse has NO restrictions except he cannot play ANY contact sports, ever!! This is a relief to him, as now he can start going to the gym and feel free to enjoy summer.
Jesse does however, still have that sagging shoulder. At one of out last appointments, the surgeon said it could take up to 2 years for it to level off and that he should be doing exercises to strengthen his trapezoids. Well, it seems that because the surgeon did such a wonderful job correcting the larger curve, that his small upper thoracic curve (~22*) is most noticeable, hence the sagging shoulder. His large curve measured between 60-67* and now measures 6*.
The kicker is the doc said "that's my mistake. I did too much correction on the bottom." So, now Jesse is totally ticked and feels that surgery was the biggest mistake. To the point that he doesn't want to have blood work done to see if there is a bleeding disorder (he bled a lot during surgery), nor will he agree to have his wisdom teeth out.
The surgeon put a 3/8 block of wood under Jesse's shoe and that evened him off, so the surgeon suggested Jesse put an insert in his right shoe. He also checked past xrays to make sure the upper curve hasn't progressed. (it hasn't)
The last complaint Jesse has is he still has areas of numbness along his ribcage. Hopefully, that feeling will come back within the year.
I feel bad that Jesse doesn't feel like he got the results he wanted. It's difficult because he wasn't in any pain prior to surgery, so for him, the success is only evident in the xrays. I'm happy with the correction that was done, but at the same time, wish Jesse didn't have a sagging shoulder. I know it's easily fixed with the shoe insert, and things could be much worse. I just feel bad that Jesse's having a hard time with it.
I should also add that since the surgery, Jesse has been experiencing some mild depression as a result of the stress of the surgeries and hospitalization. This has certainly compounded the news he got today.
Thanks for being there!
Bethany
Jesse has NO restrictions except he cannot play ANY contact sports, ever!! This is a relief to him, as now he can start going to the gym and feel free to enjoy summer.
Jesse does however, still have that sagging shoulder. At one of out last appointments, the surgeon said it could take up to 2 years for it to level off and that he should be doing exercises to strengthen his trapezoids. Well, it seems that because the surgeon did such a wonderful job correcting the larger curve, that his small upper thoracic curve (~22*) is most noticeable, hence the sagging shoulder. His large curve measured between 60-67* and now measures 6*.
The kicker is the doc said "that's my mistake. I did too much correction on the bottom." So, now Jesse is totally ticked and feels that surgery was the biggest mistake. To the point that he doesn't want to have blood work done to see if there is a bleeding disorder (he bled a lot during surgery), nor will he agree to have his wisdom teeth out.
The surgeon put a 3/8 block of wood under Jesse's shoe and that evened him off, so the surgeon suggested Jesse put an insert in his right shoe. He also checked past xrays to make sure the upper curve hasn't progressed. (it hasn't)
The last complaint Jesse has is he still has areas of numbness along his ribcage. Hopefully, that feeling will come back within the year.
I feel bad that Jesse doesn't feel like he got the results he wanted. It's difficult because he wasn't in any pain prior to surgery, so for him, the success is only evident in the xrays. I'm happy with the correction that was done, but at the same time, wish Jesse didn't have a sagging shoulder. I know it's easily fixed with the shoe insert, and things could be much worse. I just feel bad that Jesse's having a hard time with it.
I should also add that since the surgery, Jesse has been experiencing some mild depression as a result of the stress of the surgeries and hospitalization. This has certainly compounded the news he got today.
Thanks for being there!
Bethany
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