Then You Stand

Jackjack’s xray looks fabulous! This was his 6 week post, post surgery appointment after his Salter Osteotomy May 1^st. His incisions look incredible and when looking at his xray you can hardly see where his “old” bone ends and where his “new” bone has been inserted ….. it’s amazing! The big old ugly pins are still in place but are coming out very, very soon.

He has started pulling up to stand, is cruising around furniture and walking while holding onto fingers. He is absolutely loving the new experience of climbing onto everything he can & grins ear to ear when you ask him to get down! His favourite over the last couple weeks, by far, is swinging ~ he absolutely loves it!

All of his hard work looks like it’s helping the muscle damage to his thigh (woohoo!) and the nerve damage seems to be getting a bit better as well. Putting pants on seems to be easier on him but drying his leg after a bath and putting cream on still need to be done very, very gently.

We learned last week that Jackjack’s last surgery has been bumped up from November ….. to this Friday, August 21^st!

This should be will be the last surgery he needs to repair his hip dysplasia. I have butterflies birds in my belly whenever I try to prepare myself for this surgery due to the reaction he had after his pelvic osteotomy in May. Our sweet boy. We had discussed with Dr. “J” the option of leaving the pins in place but decided, due to the high possibility of needing a hip replacement, to have them removed. This was hard, really hard, yet we know that this is the right decision for Jack.

Whenever I am experiencing a life challenge there seems to be a song that just fits, that brings me strength and during Jackjack’s journey it has been Stand by Rascall Flatts …

On your knees you look up

Decide you’ve had enough

You get mad, you get strong

Wipe your hands, shake it off

Then you stand, yeah then you stand

Please keep Jackjack in your prayers this week. That he stays healthy, well rested and that his little body is able to handle this last surgery.

XO,

Steph