1st Clinic Follow Up Visit

1st Clinic meeting was today - For lengthening turns Matthew has been doing, 4 RFemur, 4 LFemur, 6 RTibia and 3 LTibia - since the problem with the locking nut dropping out - but as the tibias are now caught up Dr. Standard wants us to do 4 all around for 2 more weeks - then to go in for next clinic appt. on the 9th, (I'm thinking I'll have Matthew take extra calcium to help build bone) - then we will see if we can speed up - Dr. advised that if we go too fast, the new bone may end up being weaker and thinner/narrowed, and we don't want that happening, so will see how he is doing first. He is still getting 90º on knee bends, his ankles are flexing well and everything looks good. He has reached 15 mm on femurs and 8 mm on tibias so far, so we are doing well. Monday is Yom Kippur, so the hospital is closed, which means we have a long weekend from therapy coming up. At the cafeteria today they were playing bingo for employee appreciation day. We thought it was just for employees, but Matthew played along for fun anyway. Turns out anyone can win - so he did just that! - On the final game it was to 'cover the board', and he tied for winning with an employee - they got $25 each! - Too funny! - He wants to go to the mall tomorrow! For those of you that like to write - he'd love to get a card or two - they can be sent to: Hackerman-Patz House, 2434 W. Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, MD, 21215 Attn: Matthew Drake, rm. 101. Well, have a good weekend everyone, talk to you soon, take care!