Two more weeks

We Michael had his follow-up appointment with is orthopedic surgeon and we got good news and bad news. The good news is everything is still in place and looking good. The bad news is his doctor did not feel comfortable removing his cast because he wants a little more bone growth so there won't be any chances that Michael could snap the plate in half. So he has to have his cast on for another 2 weeks. Everyone was so looking forward to getting his cast off and getting the therapy going again. He's suppose to have the plates and screws in for about about 6 to 8 months but I have a feeling that his doctor may go a little longer than that since he's been having problems with his right leg.

For those of you reading this that don't know what is going Michael has Spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy. Ever since he's been able to stand his feet have always turned inwards causing him to scissor. When he walks he looks like a pair of scissors. Well they have a surgery called derotation osteotomy that can be performed to straighten his legs out. That is what he had done on both of his legs. His doctor told us that it wouldn't straighten them 100% but they would be straight enough that when he is trying to walk in his walker his feet won't be getting in the way. After his first surgery and the casts came off we could not believe the change in his legs. Michael's legs and feet have never been as straight as they are now. If they are not perfect I can tell you this they are perfect to us. I can't wait for him to get the second cast off from the second surgery so we can get him back up to standing and walking. It's going to so amazing seeing him do it.

Michael also had his follow-up from the eye surgery he had done during the first surgery on his legs. His eye doctor said that his eyes are doing really well and he's very impressed with how straight his eyes are now. Hopefully they will stay that way for a very long time. This is the second eye surgery he's had to have for the same problem. It's all part of having cerebral palsy.

He had his 6 month visit to the dentist too. His dentist said that his teeth are doing really well and he still has no cavities. Yay!!!! When Mason went for his dentist appointment he got a clean bill of healthy teeth also but there was one tooth that he said was a little soft and we needed to take extra care of it so hopefully at his next 6 month visit there won't be a cavity there.

Winter is finally here for us, well kind of. We have already had our first and second snowfall with accumulation that stuck. The first snowfall didn't last but the second one we had did. Most of the snow has melted from our yard but at my parents house in the valley they still have quite a bit. It seems that the other night when we got rain here in Anchorage the valley got 3 inches of snow. There calling for snow today and it definitely looks like we may get some. I was outside a little while ago and saw a few flakes fall but nothing since then. We didn't have much of a summer so I guess I should start enjoying the winter and hope for snow. I'm really hoping that next summer is going to be nice. I was so disappointed because my flowers didn't do very well this year because of the lack of sunlight and all the rain we got. I didn't even take any pictures of them because they were full and luscious like they normally are.