Kelsey's Hand Update

As previously mentioned; since Michael was going to be in Houston for work we tagged along and scheduled Kelsey's follow up with her Dr.

I was excited to get another xray to see how things were progressing.  The last we talked he gave us a glimmer of hope that she may not actually need another surgery. . . . . . . as it turns out that's not the case :( .  Too be honest, I'm not that surprised, but I was holding out hope she wouldn't have to do it again.

He was however very pleased with how she uses her fingers (yay!). He would have been worried if she avoided them all together but that isn't so.  She doesn't use her index finger as much though.  When she is picking up something small (like her pincher grasp) she uses her thumb and middle finger.  Her index finger is smaller, bent in and angled out so that just makes it difficult.  But if she is grabbing something that requires her whole hand she uses all her fingers, and will manipulate objects with her index finger.

The xray was interesting . . . . . you can definitely see that something is not right.  The bones in her other fingers have clear outlines and her middle finger just looked like a crumpled up piece of paper. Her index finger looks like a circle; like it has hardly grown at all. In addition to being smaller to begin with. her right hand just seems to be growing at a slower rate as well - but maybe that's just me.

That surgery would still be a few years away (no rush since she's using them).  He wants the bones to be a bigger so its easier to operate on but before she'd start school. He wants to keep seeing her about every 6 months to keep and eye on things.

His was a little concerned that her skin is very tight on the underside of her fingers and may cause the finger(s) to bend in further with time.  I have a couple little stretching exercises I need to get in a better habit of doing.  Between me forgetting and her fighting me on it we don't follow through as well as we should.

That's the latest on Miss Kelsey.