Exciting News!

Well, things got crazy and I stopped documenting every day at the hospital! YIKES. haha! Now it's December 9. My bad!

But, now it's time for some exciting news!

On Friday, Lexi had her 4 week post-op appointment with Dr. Gooch. What a great appointment this was! Dr. Gooch was absolutely blown away and pretty much speechless at Lexi's progress! Originally, Lexi's tone/spasticity was a 5 (that means the muscles tightness). I'm not sure how high up the scale goes, but 5 wasn't good. When they checked her again, Lexi was a 1!!!!!! A ONE!!!!!!!!!! That means normal! They checked her walking, her everything and they were so pleased with how she is doing. Even though we still have a long road ahead of us to full recovery, and she will always have a weaker side, we were told that come the year or so mark, Lexi will have a normal gait (that means the way she walks, your foot and ankle pattern) and will be walking like a normal kid her age!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  AMAZING! The surgery has been a complete success, even better than they hoped for!

I was bursting with joy and Lexi could tell all this excitement meant something awesome and she was so happy. I about burst into tears at hearing the news that the surgery was more than a success and that Lexi will have a normal gait when all is said and done.

This may sound simple to you but this news is more than happy and exciting and amazing to us, it's everything! I have cried many a time thinking about it. I had to explain to Lexi as we walked to the car that sometimes people cry because they are happy. She thought that was silly, but could tell that it was a wonderful thing.

Does this mean Lexi is fixed, cured?
No, but it does mean that life will be much easier and much better for this little rock star.

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