This month (Nov. 2013) marks a year since Mary had her fixator completely removed. This was the time frame Dr. Scott said she would probably be completely recovered from the leg lengthening that starting in May of 2012.
Once school started this Fall we started spacing PT out every two weeks and I assumed we would be completely done at the end of this year. Lately we have had some scheduling conflicts so it probably has been a month since Mary has been to PT- although she still does PT at home every night. A week ago we started noticing Mary returning to "toe walking" on her left leg. We thought she hurt it or something. She finally admitted her Achilles is really tight.
She saw her Physical Therapist today and he said her Achilles will always be tight because of the leg lengthening and she may have had a growth spurt exasperating it. We just need to go back to the nightly hamstring and Achilles stretching and he gave her some stretches to do in the morning too.
We are going back to more frequent PT visits to help her regain flexibility.
We see Dr. Scott again in December.
I am getting better at accepting that this is a lifelong situation for Mary- not the one big procedure and then it's all fixed situation that I mistook it to be.
