Thursday, December 18, 2008

Botox for my Baby!

Braxton has his check up for his leg today. If you don't remember, this is what his foot looked like when he was born. We did several casts and braces as well!
A few days old


Braxton has been doing very well, he is walking and running. We did notice that his heal has not been touching the ground all the way. The doctor, whom we love, was a little concerned with it not touching the ground. He said that Braxton is a difficult case, but he can usually really tell if a child needs surgery for this or not and Braxton is just right in between. He is afraid if we do the surgery where he clips his achilles tendon that he will loose stability in his foot. So we are going to try something new. Braxton will be going to a neurologist hopefully in early January. They will give him some meds to make him sleepy and then he will get a Botox injection in his calf muscle. Then he will play like normal for 3 weeks while the botox relaxes his muscles and tendons. After that we will go back to the orthopedic specialist and he will put a cast on Braxton's leg for 3-4 weeks to help the tendon stay stretched. We are really praying that this option will be effective for Braxton and that he will do well in a cast!

1 comment:

*Kimmie* said...

Good luck Braxton! He's come such a long way! I'll pray for good news!