It has been a while since my last post... it has just been crazy busy!!! So much as happened. For starters, Isa is now walking normal!! She graduated from physical therapy :) It wasn't until the week after Thanksgiving that she was able to walk at school without assistance from me or requiring her wheelchair. She had a few days where she had to take off from school because it hurt a little too much to be walking around and the cooler weather also seemed to affect her incision site (doctor says that within a year colder weather shouldn't affect her anymore).
She had her metal plates removed earlier this month!!! We were surprised at how big they actually were! We were told to expect to have surgery on a Friday and by Monday she should be back to normal. We took it with a grain of salt. She had the surgery Friday morning and went home that same day she required some pain killers throughout the weekend and didn't start walking until Monday. On Tuesday she went back to school and walked in the morning but by the afternoon she was exhausted and required to be carried around. I thought that recovery would take at least a week but by the next day she was walking almost the whole day. Within a week of the surgery she was back to normal. Granted they did tell us that she had to take it easy for the next two to three weeks but it has been almost three weeks and she is as if nothing, only her scars remain as prove. Initially she walked a little more turned in when she started walking post removal of plates but now she walks with her feet facing forward. The recovery has been long and hard on our whole family but we are at the end of it and I can't say enough how amazed I am by her!!! She has been amazing through all this and always with a positive attitude. She is my amazing little girl with three surgeries under her belt at the age of six. She is truly an example of bravery for her brother who is due to have surgery in two weeks :(
