We’ve come to the end of the second programme of correction. As you’ll see from the photos below it’s working!
The first programme was to open the breaks in Ava’s bones - the leg break, the ankle break and the breaks along her foot. The second programme has been to move/rotate these breaks in bone (1mm per day) to eventual correction.
The school holidays have been long and very frustrating for Ava. She started them in a lot of pain but this has gradually reduced to more discomfort. Ava is also sleeping much better and on most days sleeping through. She has been very restricted on what she can do and we have relied on friends coming over and watching films. When we have ventured out the frame obviously draws a lot of attention. Lots of stares which Ava finds difficult but on the whole people look and then ask what’s happened. We’d all far rather that than people just gawping (which a few have no shame in doing).
Ava is due to go back to school on Wednesday which she is incredibly nervous about. The school have already made provisions and moved all of Ava’s lessons to ground floor classrooms. She also plans to leave each lesson 10 minutes early so she can navigate the corridors with no other kids around (she is still on crutches and non weight bearing). We’ll have to see how this goes. Ava is understandably nervous about other kids reactions and any potential teasing. Hopefully this is all positive as she has been through a lot so far both physically and mentally. Fingers crossed it all works out ok.
Before school on Wednesday we are due at hospital at 8am. The consultant is going to make a decision as to whether he creates a third programme to improve the foot positioning even more. He is doing this as Ava has been able to tolerate the pain with medication and feels he can improve things more. We’ll have to see what the outcome is on Wednesday.
More to follow on life back at secondary school with a frame on.
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