Check - Up

We again traveled to Chicago to see the pediatric surgeon. Part of this visit was to have the orthopedist check out her ability to walk due to her pelvic separation. First of all Dr. Mak was quite shocked that in a month her abdominal muscles that were an inch apart are now about half an inch apart. She feels that they actually may come together on their own eliminating the need for surgery. Now no matter what her urethral remnant will eventually need to be removed but that is a very simple outpatient procedure. Next Dr. Bielski came in to examine Abbie and at this point since she is walking well and he is encouraged by the way her hips rotate we will not be having any surgery done on her. It would be a very difficult and painful surgery with a long recovery so not worth doing "just in case" she has any issues in the future. Again - very good news all around! Oh ... and she is now three feet tall!