She's back ... well, almost ...

Here's Sydney walking for the first time in the hospital with her physical therapist ... boy, if you could only see her now.

She went back to the orthopaedics clinic yesterday (Tuesday) to adjust her back brace ... if I didn't mention it before, the brace is something that she has to wear all the time (except for sleeping & in the bath). Also, if you didn't notice the change to the top of her blog (kind of in the title section) -- she has to go back about every 6 months to have her device "expanded". She has two small incisions on her back from the surgery (one at the top part of the device and one at the bottom). They are going to have to make another incision in the middle part of her back (where the clamp for the device is) for the expansion. The device is subcutaneous (right beneath her skin) and you can pretty much feel it if you run your fingers along her back ... we call her our little "bionic girl".

Also, while we were at the clinic, we went ahead and measured her height -- 42 5/8 inches ... she is 1 1/8 inch taller. Yeah!!!

She is doing better ... less and less pain meds (she's the one who actually doesn't like taking them). We see the doctor in a couple of weeks for a "follow up" -- I'll get an updated x-ray of her back and post on the blog then.

Take care,
-A4