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Journal
Monday, January 5, 2009 9:35 PM CST Alot has happened since our last update. Coleson's surgery went well. He was put in a cast for 10 days to help keep the leg at the proper angle. The cast was then taken off and made into a brace for him to wear. The dr. in Houston was pleased with the progress, but still wants to do the second surgery where they break the femur, place it into the hip joint and pin it in place there to heal. This is a much more risky surgery and although the results are supposed to be better, there is no guartantee that it will work.
Because of the seriousness of this surgery we really wanted a second opinion. When we were in Colorado this summer, we met an orthopaedist from Dallas. He told us that if we ever needed anything let him know and he would be glad to help. He told us then that he had connections to the Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Dallas. We felt it was time to call in his offer.
We contacted Dr. Berry, the man we met in Colorado. He contacted his friend at Scottish Rite. The dr. said he would meet with us whenever we could come at our convenience. What a blessing!! We scheduled an appointment with him for Dec. 31.
The doctor we were going to see is very well known for his research and dealing with perthes. In fact, when we were in Houston, the doctor there told us of a research article that he was basing his reccomendations on. He gave us a copy of the article and upon further review of it, we found that one of the main author's of the article was the doctor we were going to see in Dallas!! Isn't that amazing.
Well, we went to the appointment in Dallas and the doctor there said that he did not reccomend doing the second surgery at this time. His research has shown that in children under 8 there is not a significant rise in the percentage of full recoveries from surgery compared to simple exercise, stretching and brace. So for now, we are not doing the second surgery. Coleson is wearing his brace at night, stretching, and riding his new bicycle - which the doctor reccomended as great exercise for the hip. He is doing fine though still limping and was even able to start back taking Karate, his first love.
We had a great Christmas and enjoyable holiday time together. We thank each of you for your prayers and continue to covet them. Please continue to pray that we would have wisdom on what is best for Coleson and for his future. We only want what is best for him now and always. We will return to Houston for a checkup in late January and back to Dallas in mid February for follow up and more info.
We apologize for not updating more regularly. However, as any of you with growing kids know, just finding five minutes of time can be a challenge.
In Christ,
alan
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