It's amazing how your vocabulary expands when you have a kid with special needs. When Oscar was in the NICU I remember feeling like I'd been thrust into this new world of words that I didn't comprehend...hypotonia, hyperphagia, hypogonadism...and then later I was met with an onslaught of developmental terms: processing speed, receptive language, motor … Continue reading The Spirometry Test
Month: January 2016
Pre-Op Appointments
Our week was filled with the tests and medical appointments required for surgery. A visit to the pediatrician for an EKG and medical clearance. An appointment over the hill for a pulmonary exam and spirometer (lung capacity) test. A trip to the local hospital for a series of xrays (just one month after the last … Continue reading Pre-Op Appointments
Surgery Countdown
Oscar's spine surgery is one month from today, on February 8th. He was first diagnosed with scoliosis when he was two, a minor 10 degree curve that "just" needed quarterly monitoring. Seven or eight orthopedic surgeons (in five different hospitals and three different states) and two stints of bracing later, he's progressed to a 39 … Continue reading Surgery Countdown
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