New Doctor.....New Information

Keely got to see a new specialist this week, Dr. Wright is a Physiatrist / Rehabilitative Medicine.  a Physiatrist is a doctor of function.  His focus is on things like, Keely's mobility.  He upholds his reputation of being a wonderful doctor.  He took his time with her, was very educational, and very hands on.  He immediately started tweaking the chair that we have right now so she would sit better and help with her tone.  He tested her whole body putting her in different positions, testing her spasticity  (Spasticity: A state of increased tone of a muscle (and an increase in the deep tendon reflexes). For example, with spasticity of the legs (spastic paraplegia) there is an increase in tone of the leg muscles so they feel tight and rigid and the knee jerk reflex is exaggerated.. www.medterms.com).  He wanted her to have an x-ray of her spine and her hips, he was concerned since she always leans to the right.   We were there for 3 hours because x-ray took longer to get there but Dr. Wright came back from his meeting right as the test was done, so he just had us wait so he could review it and decide on a plan.  Unfortunately, things were not normal......he showed me her hips have already started to curve to the right, her bones are not where they are supposed to be thus starting the deformity process.  Her spine looks good right now but he said it is already showing a slight curve. 

His plan for Keely:  He is most concerned about her hamstrings, they are so tight, that is one of the things that is contributing to her hips curving, along with poor posture.  He wants to do some injections to loosen them up and then put her in braces.  He also wants to inject a little bit into her hand to help open it up.  Then he will think about her feet and putting those in braces.  He also referred us to a specialist he trusts for a seating clinic.  We discussed the wheelchair we had ordered, and after he consulted with the specialist about Keely's issues, the specialist told him the chair we ordered is not gonna be enough for her especially on down the line.  So, we have canceled our wheelchair order to explore other options and continue to pray about the situation knowing that God has been guiding us the whole way.  Keely needs all the support she can get in a chair for secured posture and now we finally have some guidance in that area, Praise Jesus!  Nick and I ask that you guys be in prayer about it as well, along with all of Keely's other ventures. 

So we are really excited that God has sent Dr. Wright into Keely's life and we pray that he will be a blessing.  Most of his patients have Cerebral Palsy so we trust that he is very knowledgeable in his field.  Keely starts her first procedure of injections in February so be in prayer that all goes well and there are no complications.


       So our precious baby did so well being at the doctor for so long.......and yes there's the barf bag again!