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Tag Archives: Core decompression
Remember Where You Started
A Distant Memory Seven braces, six shoe lifts, five sets of crutches, four reclining wheelchairs (sizes XS, S, M, L) three walkers, two canes, and one wheelchair ramp – this represents six years of surgeries and dealing with Perthes for … Continue reading
Posted in Hip Surgery #9, Perthes, Post-Op
Tagged Abduction Tendons, Baltimore, bone marrow, bone stem cell grafting, Bone Stem graft, Botox injections, Core decompression, Dr. Dror Paley, Dr. Harrington, Dr. Melyvn Harrington, Dr. Paley, Dr. Shawn Standard, Dr. Standard, head reduction osteotomy, head splitting osteotomy, hip surgery, Kinglsand Baptist Church, Land Therapy, LCPD, Legg-Calve Perthes Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Paley Institute, Perthes, Perthes walk, Ruben Institute for Orthopedics, Scottish Rite brace, severe limp, Sinai Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital - West Palm Beach
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Two Feet on the Ground
All the Glory to God in the Highest Christopher’s total hip surgery was uneventful and Dr. Harrington was able to give him back all the limb length difference. We were told it would be close but it turned out better … Continue reading
Posted in Hip Surgery #9, Perthes
Tagged bone marrow, bone stem cell grafting, Bone Stem graft, Core decompression, Dr. Dror Paley, Dr. Harrington, Dr. Melyvn Harrington, Dr. Paley, head reduction osteotomy, head splitting osteotomy, hip, hip surgery, Kinglsand Baptist Church, Land Therapy, LCPD, Legg-Calve Perthes Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Methodist Hospital, Meyer's Dysplasia, Orthotic, Paley Institute, Perthes, Perthes walk, Physical Therapy, Pool Therapy, reshaping osteotomy, Scottish Rite brace
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A Hip and a Prayer
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain. – Author Unknown To Walk or Not walk- that is the question I realized a long time ago that Christopher would not be … Continue reading
Posted in Hip Surgery #9, Perthes, Pre-Op
Tagged Biomet Zip Tight, bone marrow, bone stem cell grafting, Bone Stem graft, bone stem grafts, Botox injections, Core decompression, Dr. Dror Paley, Dr. Paley, head reduction osteotomy, head splitting osteotomy, hip, hip surgery, LCPD, Legg-Calve Perthes Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Meyer's Dysplasia, Orthotic, Paley Institute, Perthes, Perthes walk, Physical Therapy, Pool Therapy, Post-Op, Regrowth, reshaping osteotomy, surgery, West Palm Beach, wheelchair, X-rays, Zip Tight
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Reflections
Looking Back – We have come full circle It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a year since the new journey began. Sometimes this year went very slowly but for the most part it flew by. A lot can … Continue reading
Posted in Hip Surgery #8, Perthes, Post-Op
Tagged bone marrow, bone stem cell grafting, bone stem grafts, Botox injections, Core decompression, Dr. Dror Paley, Dr. Paley, head reduction osteotomy, head splitting osteotomy, hip, hip surgery, LCPD, Legg-Calve Perthes Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Meyer's Dysplasia, Orthotic, Paley Institute, Perthes, Perthes walk, Physical Therapy, Pool Therapy, Post-Op, Regrowth, reshaping osteotomy, West Palm Beach, wheelchair, X-rays
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Our Christmas Miracle
Our Christmas Miracle Our sweet warrior has prevailed with the grace from God above. All the glory goes to Him in the highest! Christopher is walking, running and jumping!!! Three months ago he was on crutches! Our only wish for … Continue reading
Posted in Hip Surgery #8, Perthes
Tagged bone marrow, bone stem cell grafting, Bone Stem graft, Core decompression, Dr. Dror Paley, Dr. Paley, head reduction osteotomy, head splitting osteotomy, hip surgery, LCPD, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Meyer's Dysplasia, Paley Institute, Perthes, Perthes walk, surgery, West Palm Beach, wheelchair
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Grateful
The Big Surprise & Thank You I do not even know where to begin but I want to thank everyone that was involved with the big surprise for Christopher and our family. I find it hard to come up with … Continue reading
Posted in Hip Surgery #8, Perthes, Post-Op
Tagged bone marrow, bone stem cell grafting, Bone Stem graft, bone stem grafts, Botox injections, Core decompression, Dr. Dror Paley, Dr. Paley, head reduction osteotomy, head splitting osteotomy, hip, hip surgery, Kinglsand Baptist Church, LCPD, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Meyer's Dysplasia, Perthes, Perthes walk, Physical Therapy, Post-Op, reshaping osteotomy, Scottish Rite brace, severe limp, surgery, West Palm Beach, wheelchair, X-rays
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God’s Plan
God is in control and all the glory goes to Him I don’t even know where to begin. It’s been a roller coaster of emotions over the past month. The one thing I know without any hesitation is that God … Continue reading
A True Reflection
I look at the little boy in the banner of this blog and remember clearly how this all began. I would have never in a million years thought we would be in a long battle against Perthes. In the beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Perthes, Post-Op
Tagged Baltimore, Biomet Zip Tight, bone marrow, bone stem cell grafting, Bone Stem graft, Botox injections, Core decompression, Dr. Shawn Standard, head reduction osteotomy, hip surgery, Legg-Calve Perthes Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Perthes, Perthes walk, Physical Therapy, Pool Therapy, Post-Op, Regrowth, RIAO, Ruben Institute for Orthopedics, Save-A-Limb, Sinai Hospital, surgery, wheelchair, X-rays, Zip Tight
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Repeat, Rinse and Start Over Again
Baltimore Bound Christopher and I will be making a trip to Baltimore tomorrow. It feels like deja-vu because he is having another anthrogram but almost one-year later. He hasn’t attended school since two weeks before Thanksgiving break. He made it … Continue reading
Posted in Hip Surgery #6, Perthes, Pre-Op
Tagged Baltimore, Biomet Zip Tight, bone marrow, bone stem cell grafting, Bone Stem graft, bone stem grafts, Botox injections, Core decompression, Dr. Shawn Standard, Dr. Standard, head reduction osteotomy, head splitting osteotomy, hip, hip surgery, HP house, LCPD, Legg-Calve Perthes Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Meyer's Dysplasia, Perthes, Ruben Institute for Orthopedics, Zip Tight
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Catching Fire
Laying Low It was a wild woman on fire week. Christopher was in immense pain over the weekend. I didn’t even ask if we needed x-rays, I just took him to Children’s Hospital and called Dr. Standard along the way. … Continue reading
Posted in Hip Surgery #5, Perthes, Post-Op, Zip Tight
Tagged 'Ju-Ju' juice, Abduction Tendons, AFO, Baltimore, Biomet Zip Tight, bone marrow, bone stem cell grafting, Bone Stem graft, bone stem grafts, Botox injections, Core decompression, Dr. Shawn Standard, Dr. Standard, head reduction osteotomy, head splitting osteotomy, hip, hip surgery, HP house, LCPD, Legg-Calve Perthes Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Meyer's Dysplasia, Perthes, Perthes walk, Post-Op, Regrowth, Ruben Institute for Orthopedics, Save-A-Limb, Sinai Hospital, surgery, wheelchair, X-rays, Zip Tight
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