Surgery today is for his left elbow
💪🏽. You may recall that Daniel got a rare complication from his burn. Both of his elbows became immovable once heterotopic ossification settled in to both of them. He had surgery on his right elbow in May 2018 and his recovery has been great and exceeded our expectations. Today's operation was for the left elbow - it turned out to be a little easier than the right elbow as the bone had not grown into a tunnel around the ulnar nerve like it did on the right side. Daniel is happy and skipping into the hospital like he always does. He likes the attention from all the friendly staff! [this surgery is to remove the new bone that grew into his elbow joint after his gnarly burn last year]. Surgery #13 lucky.
🤗 No more surgeries planned after this one.Here's some pics to enjoy: He gets so happy when he goes to the hospital. Doesn't everyone?
Here's a picture on Daniel a few hours after surgery. He is home now and already using the CPM machine to work his other elbow. The CPM (continuous passive motion) device does this slow stretching movement for about 90 minutes every day (or the length of one Disney video). Today he began doing this stretching on both arms and that will continue for another 6 months so that we ensure the HO does not return! Lots of Disney videos are watched in our house.
This picture is an xray of Daniel's elbow after the removal of the extra bone mass that grew into his joint. He has a complete range of motion now. Before he has maybe 10 degress of range, but it was mostly locked in about a 90 degree angle.
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