There's no such thing as too much!

     This smile says it all! We finally had good news at the last doctors appointment and we were able to take a deep breath and sigh of relief as we headed to Albuquerque for a few days.

     I have been praying for weeks on end that the next xray would finally show good new bone growth and the doctor would up our number of lengthening sessions each day. Well, he walks in and says 'the only problem we have now is his new bone is growing too fast and we have to double the number of lengthenings per day". Too fast? Too much growth? This was great to hear! But then we also had to be careful because if it grows faster then we are separating it then it will grow together ans we will not be able to lengthen at all. So needless to say we are very thankful we heard the good news in a timely manner.  Thanks to the bone simulator (ultrasound machine), pool PT and anti-gravity treadmill the bone is doing all the right things. The doctor has instructed us to increase our turns to 4 times a day (double what we were at and the original number of turns  we started at). 

     Not only does the increase in lengthening give us hope in getting the full 8 cm but it gave us a light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to getting home. Of course we know that every doctors appointment and xrays give us new news but since we are already at 5.5 cm and we increased to 1 mm a day growth it looks like we will only need 25 more days of lengthening and then we will be done lengthening! We will have to stay another week or two to finish PT and have them find his stability to ship him safely to Albuquerque PT, but we can start counting down to 6-8 weeks! It seems so short compared to how long we've been here and how long we've been preparing to stay at the slower growth rate! Needless to say we are beyond excited on the news that was given, we've also been so busy that I haven't updated and we have another appointment in 6 short days (fingers crossed for more great news!)

Please continue to pray, give good thoughts and support our family in any way you can; it's truly how our family makes it through every day!

Until Next Time~

Momma Miller