We woke her up early today to make the drive to St. Paul in time for Hannah's 8:00 am appointment with Dr. Sundberg at Gillette Children's Clinic. Surprisingly, when we went into her room at 7:00 am she was actually awake (normally she is up around 7:30 or 8:00 am). She ate a couple fried eggs on the cold car ride over. We seem to schedule our doctor appointments on days when the wind chill is near zero. The clinic is amazing. There are so many things for the kids to do in the waiting room. Crafts, video games, kids toys everywhere. Super kid friendly.
Dr. Sundberg was highly recommended by our pediatrician and Dr. Howard at the International Adoption Clinic and other people around me at work. His specialty is lower extremity deformities so he examined Hannah's legs and feet. He also looked took a bunch of xrays of her back, legs, feet and hands. There were no surprises. He basically told us that Hannah's legs look good. She has an atypical clubfoot and it may need surgery at some point, but for now we are going to see what happens over the next six months as she grows. We were referred to a physiatrist (physical medicine doctor) who will also examine her leg/foot to see if Botox injections will help loosen her tight muscles/tendons in her ankle/foot. So the recommendation at this point is no surgery on her legs.
We see Dr. Van Heest (pediatric hand surgeon) next Tuesday to go over the hand xrays that we got today. Dr. Sundberg thinks there is a good chance Dr. Van Heest will recommend a surgical correction for one if not both hands.
We are very excited that God crafted Hannah in such a unique way. She has become a brilliant master of her hands, an agile runner, and her heart keeps on growing bigger and bigger for her family. And so is ours!
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