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Ankle Update
By Margot | January 25, 2008
Sam is already walking better with the new braces. He’s only had them for 3/4 of a day. I swear I’m not imagining it. Stupid, stupid mother for not doing this sooner. Argh. I am so mad at myself. The wonderful sports medicine doctor we saw today, Dr. Martinez was great. He did a full work up on Sam and confirmed that it is probably the tendons.  He gave us some good fun stregnthing tricks and said if the braces are helping, Sam should stay active. We’ll see how he does tomorrow in school.
Sam’s LDH from this morning was 578 -lower than last week – a very good thing. His D-dimer was 1240 (normal is less than 400), last reading on January 3rd was 582. So something is definitely going on with Sam’s inflammatory system (hopefully not his cancer). We are heartened by the LDH and if we can get his ankles taken care of, maybe we’ll see those numbers go down. Scans are next month.
More soon after Andy’s birthday party. He is bursting (of course he usually bursting about something) but he’s really bursting about his birthday.Â
Margot
Topics: Progress Reports | 2 Comments »
January 27th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Hello Hutchisons!
I think about you all so often from our winter wonderland here in Winnipeg. This morning I decided to pay a visit and check up on you. As always, your pictures and Sam’s bright smile make me smile too. I am so very glad to read that the braces seem to be helping and hope that continues. Keep well.
Mary
January 30th, 2008 at 4:23 am
Hi Hutchinsons!
Glad to hear Sam is getting some relief with the braces. Please don’t beat yourself up about this…you are such great advocates not just for Sam but for all the other warriors! LDH and other factors are probably just as you suspect elevated because of all the ankle issues. Praying this resolves quickly and Sam can keep you guys on your toes just by being a boy! Love the new pics.
Leann