Ninja Turtle No More!

Want a peak at Dallin's spine?  Here ya go...

It's a picture of the computer screen so it's not the best but you can see his new titanium hardware.  This was the first Xray that he took at 1pm today.  Dr.  Suh looked at it and said it looked good but wanted to do a CT scan to measure the bone growth.  So we went back to the imaging building (just across the parking lot) and he did the scan.  The results were what we wanted.  The bone has grown through the hardware (the tube you see in the middle that is connecting the vertibrae) and is looking really good.  So Suh gave Dallin the go ahead to gradually stop wearing the brace.  Wear it a few hours, take it off, back and forth so that the muscles build back up. We were so thrilled for  this good news.  We go back for one last checkup in 4-6 weeks and then that will be the end of this saga.

Dallin took the brace off when we got home and got big hugs from the boys.  Dace summed it up perfectly when he told me " Daddy soft again.  I so excited!" Yup, we are all excited.  No more hugging or playing with a ninja turtle.  We took the boys for an evening swim at the pool.  It was so great to see Dallin walking around without his brace on.  He is going to pace himself, don't worry.  I won't let him overdo it and he doesn't want to either because the bone is still growing in.  But he has had it off most of the evening and everything feels fine.  Suh said that when he gets tired or sore it means to put it back on.  And he will.  We are so thankful for the speedy recovery and quick healing that Dallin has been blessed with.  Now we're going to do our best to make up for a lost summer over the next few weeks.  Lots of swimming at the pool.