What's New? Update as of 1/14/08...
Thankfully, after the eventful summer and fall, things have been nice and quiet for the most part lately. We had a visit with urology in October and decided that another videourodynamics study was needed to make sure all was well, and that was done in November. The results looked great, so one less worry for now.
We also ordered a nice portable pediatric wheelchair for Billy for when we go out on distance or speed outings. It is really nice in that it has detachable wheels on it so it can convert from a regular transport wheelchair for when we just want to go somewhere quick to a regular self propelled wheelchair if he wants to do it himself sometimes. It will be good for Billy's self esteem to have the choice in whether he wants to push himself or have someone do it for him. He got to pick out the color, so he was pretty excited about that. We hope to receive it sometime soon.
Other than that, we had a very nice Christmas holiday (new pictures are up in the album, wait till you see how big the cat got!) and enjoyed the time off from school.
Last week Billy had another ortho checkup, and his spinal fusion looks like it is fully fused, with no problem areas. That was good news for sure. We see the neurosurgeon next week for a six month checkup, Billy has been having leg pains a couple times over the past few weeks, really limping badly when he got home from school. The ortho doc found no reason on his xrays for the pains, so I assume they are from the tethered cord acting up. Here's hoping it's just from a growth spurt aggravating the nerves and it will settle down soon!
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