Hi I'm Katrina, wife to Colin, mom to Kristina, Brant, and Owen. This blog was created to keep family and friends updated on the goings on in our lives ... the joys and challenges of raising three children. You will often see me posting about Down syndrome awareness as our son Brant has Down syndrome.
But the good news is that Brant is doing well and it appears that his fusion is holding - although I have to say that seeing that xray was a little freaky - I could see the big rod next to his spine and the screws that were holding it in place -
The doctor did say that we still need to be taking it easy with Brant and probably will for at least a year. I told him that Brant seems to have limited range of motion from side to side and he said that's good and if he suddenly seems to be able to move his head way more that's a bad sign that the fusion has let go! Yikes! We go back in another 3 months for more xrays to make sure it's all still holding.
After we saw the orthopaedic surgeon we went to the respiratory clinic to discuss the possibility of sleep apnea. We felt that Brant was having sleeping problems before the surgery but they have seemed to improved immensely since the surgery. But the respiratory doc thinks we should do a sleep study to be sure so we're on the wait list for that in the next 6 months or so. Thankfully it's not a huge concern at this point so I don't mind waiting and I actually hope it will happen sometime this summer so he doesn't have to miss any school.
So that was our day. We left the house before 8am and were home again at around 4:30pm. LONG day but happy to be home ... I think I'll take a bath tonight :)
2 comments:
Well sounds like good news. Yo must be a nervous wreck though. I didn't realize there was a chance this may not take. EEK I will keep Brant in my prayers!
Hey we've been missing you in blogland! Hope everything is ok!!
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