8-weeks Post Surgery

It has been almost eight weeks since Kimmie's scoliosis surgery. We are starting to feel like normal has returned.

Kimmie started sleeping better at the beginning of January. At first she just wanted to sleep on the couch and did not sleep well in her bed, but the last two nights she has slept in her bed.

She went back to school last week for three days and then was out for a snow day. She is back in school this week. The first day she came home really wiped out, dragging her feet, and immediately laid down on the couch. But the following days she seemed to be fine.

Kimmie is eating well. She has not gained all the weight back that she lost, but she is eating and we think the weight will gradually be put back on. Some days she is almost ravenous.

She still has some trouble picking up a book or flat object off the floor. In fact she has fallen at least three times trying to squat down to pick up an item. If it is something that sticks up a little, like a stuffed animal, then she can reach the paw or nose and get it. The flat stuff is what she can't quite manage . . . yet.

She figured out how to get her socks on. It requires her to sit on the floor with her legs bent a certain way so she can reach her feet.

She's figuring it all out on her own . . . how to do what she wants to do when her back doesn't bend that way any more.

The hump is mostly gone, unfortunately her shoulder blade on that side is still out of place. It gives her back an asymmetrical appearance. She still likes to have her back rubbed, so I'm always trying to rub across that shoulder blade in the direction it needs to move to be in the right position. Don't know that it will do any good, but it's all I can do.

--Mom