Friday, May 21, 2010

Good News

Anna is pictured here with her sweet cousin Ileina. Our bad luck rubbed off on Ileina last weekend when we were together and she fell and broke a bone in her shoulder. It just so happened that she was at Primary Children's Orthopedics the same day Anna and I were there. Anna got her cute pink cast on and Ileina got a sling. The good news is that we thought Anna's cast would be on for six weeks, but we were told she only needed one week in a cast!! I couldn't believe it. We are so happy that our summer fun won't be hampered by a cast. Ileina also got some good news. No casting or bracing necessary. Just a sling for two weeks. Yay. We like good news.

Eryn also had her follow up appointment with Urology and we learned to catheterize her through her belly button. I am happy to say that so far so good. Cathing has been pretty easy. We still have a lot of kinks to work out, but things are looking good. Eryn's foot is also on the mend. Her walking is great now and the affected muscles are finally starting to show some action and strength. The good news for Eryn is that she can now go swimming and take baths! Hooray. Thanks for all of your sympathy and concern. It's nice to be sharing some good news for once.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Eryn's Doing Well

Sporting her purple cane.

Cousin Ileina bringing silliness and cheer.

Anna, Noah and Joseph visiting.

Two volunteer dogs came and visited her in her hospital room. She is obsessive about dogs and was thrilled to have them come.

Day by day Eryn's walking has shown improvement. She started walking with a cute purple cane that she got from physical therapy. Then after a few days she started walking without the cane. Now she is walking and running! We are very happy for her. My main concern is that the affected muscles in her foot still have not shown signs of improvement. In my opinion she is walking despite her disability in the foot. We'll see what happens. In the mean time. . . here are some cute pictures of Eryn from her hospital stay. Thanks for all of your sympathy and concern. Eryn went back to school today and when she walked into school all of the kids were so excited, saying, "Eryn's back" and "I'm sorry you had surgery Eryn." Too cute.