Another "Adventure"

It's been a while, so here's an update on our big boy. Brady had the laser treatment done in December. The procedure only took about two minutes, he cried pretty hard but got over it quickly. We haven't seen a lot of effects from it yet, so Dr.Drolet thinks we'll wait a while before we do any more. Christmas came fast, and Brady didn't really care. He didn't know the difference between Christmas and Tuesday. Maybe that means he already had too many toys!

Jan. 1st...FINALLY Brady stopped taking his beta-blocker treatment. It was the first time since he was 5 weeks old he hadn't taken any meds. Yeah!! His hemangioma seems to be stable and slowly fading.

Now the "adventure" part...

at Brady's 15 month well-baby visit his pediatrician noticed that his feet were not growing correctly. He refered us down to an orthopedic surgeon at Children's. (really, back again!) After x-rays of both feet and his pelvis, Dr. VanValin diagnosed him with metatarsus adductus of both his feet. In most cases the babies feet correct themselves over time, of course Brady is the exception. He recommended we have Brady's feet casted to help correct them. So last week we went back to Children's and Brady's legs were put into two big blue casts. The cast will be changed every two weeks for six weeks. They go all the way up to his hips with a 90* bend because little beelers would slip right out if they were any shorter. Brady seems to be doing just fine with them on. He can crawl just as fast and makes tons of noise with it. He does get a little frustrated with not being able to stand, but he never seems to run out of trouble to get into. One week down, five to go!