Lengthening Begins

Lengthening started yesterday and so far so good. The magnetic device is pre set to the amount we need to lengthen which is 0.33mm twice a day. Ava has to remove her knee brace for this and we place the magnet on her leg on the spot that the surgeon marked with a cross - which is where the magnet on the inside of her bone is. We need to clear the room of any other magnetic objects, otherwise they would be pulled towards the device - so no keys, phones, scissors etc

I then press the switch while keeping the magnet in place and it does the job for you. Very clever! Ava says that it feels like a small tingle in her leg when it’s happening and it’s quite noisy. It may start to get uncomfortable later once the muscles, nerves and tendons start to stretch alongside the bone, but hopefully this is minimal.

I’ll update more after we’ve seen the consultant for the first X-ray next Wednesday.