Forgot to mention something about her hips

I forgot to mention something about Fiona's hip x-rays. You remember, the ones with the comical comments from Dr. Park and his assistant?

Her left hip bone was sitting nicely in the socket, but the right was out slightly. I forget the degree that Dr. Park said (Doug, if you remember, please update the post). Nevertheless, it was quite obvious looking at the x-ray. So I feel like we did this just in time, or even with some time and damage to spare.

So fast forward to today's first PT session. When the PT tried to stretch the inside of her thighs by moving the whole leg gently out to the side (like a one-sided snow angel), there was a clear area of tightness on the right side, more than the left. So this was very revealing. I think we have always thought that her Adductors were not as involved as the hamstrings or gastrocs, but now that the spasticity is reduced or gone, we can tell that there is some muscle-shortening in that area too. And that certainly would have caused problems with her hips.

My little Fi is awake, but not so happy. She is kind of whimpering and for the first time, when I asked her if her back hurt, she said yes. And when I asked her if she wanted medicine for it, she said yes. T.V. is a bit of a distraction, but the medication is on it's way.

Chris