Sorry, it's been a while. Development Update: Easton is right on the verge of crawling! He's in the right position and started to move his legs forward to move! So exciting! He's also started pulling himself up to our Orange Juice Table (it's not a Coffee Table in our house) and into the standing position. And once there, he sways his hips around like he's Elvis or something. We call them his Elvis Hips. The orthopedic doc at Shriners calls it Hip Displasia (who knows, maybe Elvis had Hip Displasia too?) He now has a brace that holds his legs at 110 degrees (almost the splits) while he sleeps so that the ball joint will develop right. We're told it may require surgery, but they'll wait till he is a little older so they don't stop his development with the body cast it will require. In the mean time they say he might develop an 'interesting gait', and he'll keep rockin the Elvis Hips!
The ankles are also rockin, so we've ordered some ankle braces to help train his feet to work right. Luckily he'll only need to wear those while doing therapy and working on standing.
His MRI came back (they were looking for Spina Bifida), and they found a small conglomeration near the cord, said it might be similar to a Tethered Cord, but it's not Spina Bifida and they don't think it will affect him much. The neurologist said his brain stuff seems to coincide with people with strong upper bodies, but who struggle with their lower. We're not sure what that means or entails entirely, but it seems to fit him for now. He is strong and well developed in his arms, and struggles with his legs. But that might be the same with all babies--they all seem to develop that way. So we'll see.
So now we wait for a week till he gets his renal exam again to see if his kidneys are draining properly, or if they will require surgery. Hopefully his Kidneys will be working perfectly so we won't have to operate. My heart aches when I see him recovering from surgery, and this one would be bigger than what he's had before.
By the time we're done with him, he'll be the bionic man!
