Boston Brace Check up

Friday was our much delayed brace check up. Normally E would have had it at 4 weeks in brace but that was the hellish week of 3 molars and a double ear infection so we had to wait. Of course it was the hottest day of summer so far so my plan of keeping big sis happy with the playground was a bust. We saw some people try to venture out to it but they left almost immediately. I hope the kids didn't melt their butts to the slide because our car said it was 102F when we pulled in to the hospital. We got someone new at the brace shop and they were VERY busy with a bunch of braces so it was a bit of a wait. I really feel for the teenage girls that were getting fitted for braces. The good news for E is that she won't remember having the brace and no one will pick on her for having it either. The straps were trimmed down and we were given new direction on how tight to make the brace. Apparently I haven't been cranking it down near enough. I thought I was making it tight but it really needed to be tighter. Also Dr. K had them add a pad to it for increased pressure on her ribs. They told us we should expect the brace to last "at least" 6 months which is very confusing to me since casts needed to be changed after 9 weeks and she is still growing. I guess if we suspect it not fitting anymore we will just have to speak up. We expect to get a new brace in the November/December timeframe. Oh and super awesome was that Dr. K wasn't only running on time but he was early! Very unexpected since we typically have had to wait a while past our appointment time but very welcome since by 3pm traffic out of town was already backing up.

Here's some pics of E in the brace shop.