My Treasure

Eli is doing really well. We saw Dr. Woo yesterday and he said that the wound is much smaller than it was last week. We are pleased with how he is healing and just have to be patient. We've been taking pictures every week and it is very reassuring to compare this week's picture with what it looked like last week. I am guessing that it will probably be another two weeks (if not a little bit longer) until the wound is completely healed. We have another appointment with Dr. Woo next Tuesday, and he said that depending on how things look we might go see Paul (our Prosthetist) to at least start talking about our time line with Eli getting his new leg.

So besides changing the dressing morning and night, we are pretty much back to normal. Eli has been very busy with trying to figure out this whole crawling thing. He rolls all over the place and loves to scoot backwards on his tummy. He has no problem getting in the crawling position (see above) and then rocks back and forth like he is revving his engine. It truly is the cutest thing ever. I am sure any day now he is just going to take off and then I am going to really have to start cleaning my floors!

In other news, my great friend Kaley recommended the company Patty-Cakes to me early this year as a great place to get some molds of Eli's feet made. Look what came in the mail last night:

I am so pleased with how they turned out; they are my treasure. They captured all the details about Eli's little foot that I remember so well. It was very emotional for me to see the molds. Although I miss his foot dearly, I have no doubt that we did the absolute best thing for our son by amputating his precious little foot.

Technically, there are two ways to treat FH - amputation or leg lengthening and ankle reconstruction. Ever since Jered and I found out that our baby boy had FH when I was 22 weeks pregnant, we knew that he would be an amputee. I am sure leg lengthening is a great option for some families and some cases of FH, but we just never considered it. The surgeons that we spoke to explained in great detail what "trying to save the foot" would entail. Besides the fact that lengthening was not considered a viable option for Eli's case, we just could never put Eli through that. He will have a better life, without physical limitations, with his prosthetic leg.

So for now, I look forward to Eli getting his new foot and when I want to reminisce about his sweet little footie, I have my treasure.