Bye bye brace!
Her brace, that loathed piece of equipment, is gone! Yay!
And it's doubly gone because we recycled it with them, Dr S goes to Central America every year and takes stuff like that with him. (And at our next appointment we'll be dropping off the two immobilisers and the boot we have too... I should email the nurse to ask if they want more donations, because most gymnastics families have a slew of crap like that...)
But yeah, she's out of it!
She has a much smaller, flexible neoprene sleeve type thing which she will wear for the next few months until she is fitted for a custom device that she'll wear for all sports for a year. We'll have to glue jewels on it to match her leo! (Just kidding.)
A good appointment, all in all, He seemed very pleased with everything. Surprised at the tingling in her foot when she pikes because that is the sciatic nerve (we knew that) and he wasn't near that. So hopefully no nerve damage and just sequela from the awkward positions recovery forced her into. Next up is building back her quad strength. Stationary bike, which she can do at school or at home with my bike on the bike trainer, and jogging in chest high water.)
She'll be good for easy hiking towards the end of the summer. We'd been planning a vacation in late August to Yellowstone, and she'll definitely be able to do boardwalks etc there, and probably some of the easier hikes, so good stuff in that regard! She can start stationary biking soon, and biking on the trail soon after. Running as well, in a just a few months. She hates to run, so I'm thinking about challenging the kids to do the Couch-to-5k program, and running a 5k together. Anyhow.
And we didn't have to admit that she'd been hiking this weekend, heh. She managed to keep goatheads and basalt dust out of the brace! ;>
Onwards!
And it's doubly gone because we recycled it with them, Dr S goes to Central America every year and takes stuff like that with him. (And at our next appointment we'll be dropping off the two immobilisers and the boot we have too... I should email the nurse to ask if they want more donations, because most gymnastics families have a slew of crap like that...)
But yeah, she's out of it!
She has a much smaller, flexible neoprene sleeve type thing which she will wear for the next few months until she is fitted for a custom device that she'll wear for all sports for a year. We'll have to glue jewels on it to match her leo! (Just kidding.)
A good appointment, all in all, He seemed very pleased with everything. Surprised at the tingling in her foot when she pikes because that is the sciatic nerve (we knew that) and he wasn't near that. So hopefully no nerve damage and just sequela from the awkward positions recovery forced her into. Next up is building back her quad strength. Stationary bike, which she can do at school or at home with my bike on the bike trainer, and jogging in chest high water.)
She'll be good for easy hiking towards the end of the summer. We'd been planning a vacation in late August to Yellowstone, and she'll definitely be able to do boardwalks etc there, and probably some of the easier hikes, so good stuff in that regard! She can start stationary biking soon, and biking on the trail soon after. Running as well, in a just a few months. She hates to run, so I'm thinking about challenging the kids to do the Couch-to-5k program, and running a 5k together. Anyhow.
And we didn't have to admit that she'd been hiking this weekend, heh. She managed to keep goatheads and basalt dust out of the brace! ;>
Onwards!