Check-up with Dr. Weprin

Thursday Julia had a check-up with her neurosurgeon, Dr. Weprin. I let her walk in to the hospital instead of riding in the stroller. It took three times as long to get to the third floor where neurosurgeons for children is located, but she LOVED walking. She stopped to look at the trains and the castle. She stopped and talked to people and she liked the elevator ride. She gets a lot of attention for some reason and she loves it! Dr. Weprin saw us in his office so she played with his model brain and she climbed on his furniture. He was impressed with how well she is doing. He checked her out from head to toe and said she looked great!

Long, long day at Scottish Rite...

Julia and I spent the whole day at Scottish Rite on Tuesday for a clinic visit. This was the first time she has had a clinic visit since she started walking with her walker. She had so much fun walking around the hospital looking at all of the sites, especially the fish. She stopped to talk to everyone along her path. It took us a long time to get from one place to another! She loved all of the attention that she got from people who thought she was cute. She saw Dr. Adams, her developmental pediatrician, he was impressed with how well she is doing. She also saw Dr. Richards, her orthopedic surgeon. He said she was doing great as well. His only concern was that her left leg is curving out a little. We have been worried about that also. He thinks that new, taller braces will help straighten it out. If not, we will need to take her back to have x-rays. She also had a renal ultrasound. We won't have the results from that until we see her urologist in May. She had blood work done to check her kidney function and to see if she has developed a latex allergy. She didn't appreciate having her blood taken. We haven't gotten the results back on that yet. In addition, she saw a physical therapist, occupational therapist, nutritionist, orthotist and many, many nurses. The physical therapist suggested that we only let her use her walker when she is outside so that she will start walking without it. I am not sure if that will work, but we are trying it out. We got to SR at 9:30 and left at 4:30.