David Jeffery Seveland

Hi everyone.  Well I am back with an update on David.  We have had a couple more appointments with 2 more to follow shortly.  I just wanted to fill in everyone on his latest appointment with the Orthopedist.

Well David is still growing.  He is roughly 41.5 inches tall and 41.5 lbs.  He is a tall and heavy little man.  He has a small leg length discrepancy(lld) at this time of 1.1cm.  When he is in a growth spurt his lld usually gets up to 2.5cm.  He has been complaing of a lot of hip pain in both hips and knee pain in his right knee.  He is also complaing of lower back pain.  This is something that I don't think a 2 yr old should be complaining of.  Well his Dr. took a lot of x-rays to see what was going on and his shin bones are the same length and the difference is in his thigh bones.  His left leg is longer.  We were also told that he has "the flatest feet ever."  His right ribcage is protruding slightly so they took several x-rays of his spine to check for scoliosis.  He has a 10 degree curve in his spine so we are going to watch it.  There is really nothing they can do at this point.  Once the difference reaches 20 degrees then he will be given a back brace.  So we are relaxing for now.  We were also given a prescription for a lift and arch supports.  His 1cm lift with be incorporated into his right arch support insert.  The doctor is hoping that the lift will help to stop and possibly correct his scoliosis.  They are not sure if the scoliosis is due to the lld or the ribcage but one way or another we will figure it out.

Well that is about it for now.  We are meeting with Dermatology next week and Neurology on April 21.  Hopefully we will get answers from neurology as to why he had seizures and why he lost his speech as a result.  I will definitely keep you posted.  Thanks a ton for all your support.  Without it we wouldn't be as strong as we are today.

Thanks a ton.