02/11/2015

Jaymin is doing very well! He only needed pain med/ muscle relaxer for the first 2 days. We traveled back home on Sunday and he slept the entire flight!

He does not seem to be bothered by his casts at all, but not so fond of the knee braces at night. It's going to take a little while till he gets used to sleeping without being curled in a little ball. He is to wear the casts for 4 weeks and the knee immobilizers while sleeping for 2 months to prevent the tightness/contracture from returning to his knees due to sleeping in a curled position.

He has some smaller bruises behind his knees and a more extensive bruise in the inside of his hip/groin area, where the procedure was done. His left hip on x-ray measured 55% out of socket and his spasticity was more pronounced on that side, so the surgeon did more work there. The right hip looked much better, surgeon did not give me a percentage on that one.

The decrease in his spasticity is remarkable! I am able to hold him on my hip with knees on each side of me comfortably for the first time ever!

We will be going to Louisville for 4 days of ABM lessons next week and I'm scheduling a few more days of lessons at the end of the month in Asheville. He needs as many lessons as I can get him to now after the surgery, to capitalize on the improvements and learn how to use his legs and body together in a new and improved way.

Many, many thanks to everyone who has shared his story, donated, and prayed for him! $4,916 has been raised to pay toward his surgery bill.