My Fingers are Thawing...

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Thank you both for the good wishes. She's an amazing little girl - has totally stunned and then captivated everyone who comes into contact with her, and befuddled doctors from day one. Major back surgery the day after she was born, and out of the NICU a week later! No shunts so far, and the longer she goes without the more likely she'll never need them. We're hoping they do the foot surgery - right now we have a regimen of casts every two weeks for a couple of months, then a few months off with braces on, then back to the casts since she was 6 months old. She learned to crawl at about 15 months, then went back into casts and had to relearn. Then she started pulling herself up until more casts and relearning again. Cruising, same thing. She just got her gait trainer and was learning to take a few steps forward when she started this last series. The surgery will release the tendons in her ankles and prepare her for fixing the bones in her shins, which are torqued. Learning to walk even along the couch has been a miracle, since she has no sensation in her feet from the upper ankle down and can't feel contact with the floor.

I had just put the chicks in the basket so I could get all of that nasty paper toweling out of there and get down some fresh newspapers and shavings when they stopped by. She didn't even let Mom get her snowsuit off before she was wanting to see! LOL Every time she'd bring her fingers in to touch the one Grampa was holding, it would move. She wasn't at all sure about that, but she was definitely unhappy when he put it back in the basket.
 
She sounds wonderful! I hope her surgery goes well and she'll recover in no time! Those chicks should probably help seeing as she likes them so much :lol:
 
AWWW she is so cute.. What a little fighter!! Lots of prayers your way for a successful surgery and that she's back home soon. She will have the chickies to look forward to! Always a good thing.
I like that doctor!!!
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Just a quick update, since you were all so kind to be concerned about Kendra. They ended up not doing the surgery on her feet at all. They were pretty happy with the amount of correction they saw in them when the casts came off, so she's home from Shriner's in Salt Lake minus casts and back in brand new AFOs. (Ankle/Foot Orthotics) The first thing she did when her mom brought her over was head for the room where the babies are.....but as soon as they start running around she panics a little. Time and patience!
 
Great news about Kendra's feet doing well, she seems like a wonderful little girl, and already hooked on chickens. Hope she continues to improve.
 
Great news, thanks for the update! Hope Kendra continues to improve and have fun with those chicks :lol:
 

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