Thursday, March 22, 2012

Pre-Cast Botox

We headed to Orillia yesterday for Summer's pre-serial casting botox.  She received a couple of injections in her arm and several in her leg. Its purpose is to help reduce the spasticity in the muscle so that the other tissues can be stretched.  This time prepares her for the three week serial casting where she will have three casts on her right leg to stretch and lengthen her heel cord so that she can hopefully be able to stand on her foot in a flat position. 

It looks like Summer will be taking after me in the 'tall department', so this likely won't be the only time we will have to do this.  She's grown at least 2.5 inches since August, that is a lot for her leg to keep up with.

It's never an easy appointment - as appointments go, as I have often said in the past, but Summer handles it like a champ. I can honestly say, that if sedation was not an option, I don't think we could put her through the procedure.

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