Time flies when you're having fun, huh? And I never realized I had to change a setting to get notifications of comments. Yikes!
Ok, E has had 2 sets of x-rays done since my last post - the ones Dr. Dobbs ordered at that time, where he said things were healing well still and confirmed that we did not need a revision surgery, and a follow up set a few months ago, where he said he was "pleased" (BOY - my heart still does a happy dance when I remember that!) with how E's foot was healing. Dr. Dobbs did say we could stop using E's brace at naps and nighttime after the 2012 post, so we've been bar/brace free for 2 years now, and anyone who watches him run would never think he ever had a problem. I can still see it - his running gait is not quite up with the other kids his age, he isn't confident with reciprocal (step over step) walking down stairs, and he can't balance on that right foot as well as his left when trying to stand on one leg. I can also see that his feet still overpronate a bit, but Dr. Dobbs warned us that was likely because it wasn't fully corrected. I'm actually looking into getting him inserts for his tennis shoes, because I see it much more when he's playing soccer (standing, running, and walking around on uneven, grassy surfaces). He's learned to swim like a fish recently, and I'm really happy with that, as the kicking motion is more of an encouragement to stretch that foot than any time mommy or daddy wants to sit with him and stretch it. An almost 5 year old is much less willing to sit there and just let us do that than the almost 3 year old was, but his progress has been (in my eyes) phenomenal, and none of our friends watching him would ever think he'd had foot surgery at not quite a year old.
Our journey through this has been pretty amazing! I'm so thankful to God for blessing us with this beautiful, sweet, generous, sports-loving, (not so) little boy!!
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