Thursday, May 20, 2010

Good evening.

We are home from San Francisco, already! We got a bit of a late start this morning, I wanted to make sure David had something to eat before we left. We got out of here around 7am. We got to S.F. at 11:15. Then we went across the street to Pete's Deli for lunch. David didn't eat, as usual!! Then we went and got the xrays on David's legs. Our appointment with Dr. O was for 12:40, and we were called into the room at 12:45! Trust me, that is some kind of record!! We have waited as long as 3 hours before! Then when Dr. O came in he said that the growth plate in David's tibia is closed, and the growth plate in his femur only has a couple of areas that aren't totally closed; but it is mostly closed. So, David has one more lengthening​, and if he should grow between the lengthening and the revision (to put in the non-expanda​ble implant) than they will just 'make up the difference' in the implant at that time. Yay! So we know that we are looking at just 2 more surgeries, barring any broken implants!! The surgery to lengthen his leg will be June 28th (Jennifer's 1/2 birthday). We will have to go to the Bay Area the night before because surgery is tentatively set for 7am. We were very happy that the growth plates are closed, so he only has one more lengthening. As long as he has no more future surgeries, he will end his treatment with a grand total of 12 surgeries!! Way too many, but I guess it could be worse! Then we got out of there at 1:30 and made it home by 5:30!! Thank you for all the prayers! It was a pretty good, albeit long, day.

David is 'famous' there. When Dr. O called to schedule the surgery, he was talking to the person on the other end of the phone about David. He said, 'the kid that was on YouTube.........​yeah, that one.' We just laughed! Then he told David not to show anyone in the waiting room the video! He is so funny. We really like him. It wasn't his fault the prosthesis broke! But he likes watching David's 'trick.' So that was pretty funny.

We found out there are a couple more things David can't do; he can't go sledding, and that is a bummer; and he can only do the 'tame' things at a water park. In David's words, he can't do any of the 'fun' slides and things at the water park. But he can ride his bike, yay! And he can go cross-count​ry skiing, yay! It is just kind of a bummer that the list of things he can't do with his prosthesis is longer than the list of things he can do. *sigh* But he is alive, so life is good.

Well, that is all the news for today. We are happy that for the first time in almost 3 years there is a light at the end of this tunnel; that is NOT an oncoming train!! Thank you for your prayers, please keep them coming! Thank you for visiting and checking in on David. Have a good evening. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Sometim​es life is just hard; for no reason at all.