~ Violet ~
8 years ago
Thursday, June 18, 2009
We went and saw Dr L in his rooms on Tuesday, for review following the botox. He's really pleased with her progress although he still notes some increased tone in her right hamstrings. He said we will have to have 3 weeks of serial casts (starting next week) to maximise the effect of the botox, something that Michael (physio) was hoping we'd be able to avoid.
We see Dr L again in August, we'll see what happens from there.
He asked how she was following the procedure, whether she had any problems waking up, which she did. We told him how she wasn't discharged until late then slept until 2.30am. He asked how she was the following day, and she was a delight, in fact, she was probably the happiest and calmest she's ever bee, - which leads Dr L to believe that perhaps she's not getting enough sleep.
I mentioned this in that massive questionairre that I did last week for Isla's Mulitdisc screening with Dr B. Dr L has advised me to contact Dr F, the paediatrician, and get a referral to see some other Dr who runs the sleep clinic.
Great.
After the appointment with Dr L, we head down the road to the Prince Of Wales Hospital to collect Isla's new orthotics. We get there, and Isla LOVES the purple butterfly design I picked for her *phew*. The Orthotist still needed to cut them down etc so we go back tomorrow to collect them, but we did bring home the above-pictured wrap around braces.
She has to wear them all night long. First night was okay, she lasted all night and we took them off at 5am so she could have a few hours sleep in comfort - but she had other ideas and decided that it was a great time to be up for the day.
Last night wasn't so good she just couldn't get comfortable. Poor little thing. Ian brought her into our bed and I ended up taking them off her again. She can't walk in them, and they have to be taken off if she needs to go to the bathroom. They're made from canvas with 3 metal rods inside.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
We had another physio session yesterday and little miss sunshine took 6 unaided steps to me, then back again to Michael and kept doing it for about 15 minutes! Would have to be my proudest moment ever! We didn't get to use the treadmill this time, not sure if it's working or not. We were doing a lot of work with bending and stretching!
He did suggest that perhaps Isla may be having "blank seizures" so we're waiting for a call from her neurologist to go over her MRI results as the wait to see him privately is over 3 months and through the clinic is about 6-8! Reassuring at least that he's so booked out - shows just how lucky we are to be able to see such a well respected professional.
Completely blown away by how well Isla is talking, it doesn't stop! She'd have more than 200 words now (easily) so glad that she's on track with her speech!
We have 2 two-year old molars that have come through. Can't wait for the next 2 to come through, she's never really been troubled by teething, but this time round she's so grizzly and the dribble is amazing!
We've (read: Isla!) has dropped her day-sleep and is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed from about 9am-7.30pm. It's not as bad as I thought it would be, she's such a happy go lucky little cherub, an absolute treasure to be around! I'm so pleased now that I stuck to my guns and mothered her the way I wanted to and didn't conform to routines and the like. I'm so happy that my choices are so beautifully reflected in the wonderful little girl I am privileged enough to call my daughter.
Life is good.
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