April 19th. still the second surgery dat.
Dr. K. has flown to Europe for a spine conference so I talked to his assistant about the possibility of bumping Elias’ surgery up if he isn’t getting any more correction with the weight traction and he said no.
Even when the x-rays show he’s still at the same degree, the reason they leave the traction on until surgery is b/c they want all the soft tissue surrounding the spine to stay stretched as well as heal as this makes putting in the metalwork easier as well as he will get a better correction. So I guess we are not coming home early and will stick to the plan of surgery on April 19th. Makes sense. He will be getting another x-ray later on today.
He got a much better sleep last night. My nose isn’t quite so runny but I plan to head over to OHSU in a while to pick up some antihistamines anyway b/c I’m still sneezing.
He’s up to 35lbs this morning… 5lbs to go!
Awww, such a cute lil kitty in that pics. I miss mine so much and I've asked my daughter to take some pics of them but she still hasn't. ;.;
Dr. K. has flown to Europe for a spine conference so I talked to his assistant about the possibility of bumping Elias’ surgery up if he isn’t getting any more correction with the weight traction and he said no.
Even when the x-rays show he’s still at the same degree, the reason they leave the traction on until surgery is b/c they want all the soft tissue surrounding the spine to stay stretched as well as heal as this makes putting in the metalwork easier as well as he will get a better correction. So I guess we are not coming home early and will stick to the plan of surgery on April 19th. Makes sense. He will be getting another x-ray later on today.
He got a much better sleep last night. My nose isn’t quite so runny but I plan to head over to OHSU in a while to pick up some antihistamines anyway b/c I’m still sneezing.
He’s up to 35lbs this morning… 5lbs to go!
Awww, such a cute lil kitty in that pics. I miss mine so much and I've asked my daughter to take some pics of them but she still hasn't. ;.;
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