Grant also saw a new doctor yesterday, the hand surgeon Dr. Cheng (a female who was awesome!) She suggested separating the thumb and first finger on his right hand as soon as possible. Her comment was that hands develop by week 4 or 5 in utero so his thumb has been pulled tighter due to being connected to his first finger for 8 months of the pregnancy and now another 8 months - 16 months in all. It would be good to get them apart so the thumb can start to do it's own work. So, the surgery is scheduled for May 8 - it should be outpatient although since we are 3 hours away we may choose to stay overnight just to make sure things are OK. He will be in a cast that will go up to his shoulder for 2 weeks. The separation of his middle and ring finger on his left hand will occur at some point too, but she said that can happen anytime (not an urgent thing). We will possibly try to coordinate that one with his cleft palate surgery.
The best part of the trip for Tyler was the "prize" he received by a nurse aid for Dr. Olney. This guy is named William, but when we were there last week he introduced himself to Tyler as "Uncle Willie". This guy is very fun and made both appointments for Tyler more enjoyable. Yesterday he saw Tyler and Chris in the hall when they went to x-rays and said, "I have something for Tyler, but you have to promise me you'll use it.". Well, in the room, he came in and brought 3 tickets to the Indy race on Sunday at Kansas Speedway. What a gift --- $150 worth of tickets. Tyler was THRILLED!!!! So, Chris, Ryan, and Tyler will be heading to KC on Sunday to enjoy the races, and we are currently looking for 2 more tickets so Uncle Myron and I could go also. We'll see how that comes out.
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Wow! What a great treat, and I see later you got more tickets. Glad to hear Tyler is walking again. Like Grant, I too had surgery to separate my two fingers, but my thumbs were always separate from the fingers. Cheers to Tyler and Grant for putting up with all the surgeries! I met with a maxillofacial surgeon last week and he told me about the fantastic things they are doing for children with cleft palates and the use of orthodontia to help for a more normal face profile and mouth structure. Have you heard of that? Take care Huxmans!
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