Lucky Foot Update
I took Tony to the orthopedic doctor yesterday. It’s always strange to walk into an office with folks who are there for mostly broken bones…with a baby. They look at you and you can see it on some of the faces…
“I bet he beats that child. Why else would he be here.” So I smack him around a little just to make them feel like 
they are intuitive. I kid…really.
He walked all over the waiting room. He’d pick up books and magazines and redistribute them to whoever he felt needed a book. It was very cute…for the first 15 minutes. We waited for about 30 minutes to see the doctor. Then it was a few more minutes of Tony examining the examining room. He really likes to crawl under the table and hide his shoes.
The doctor came in and looked at his leg. He watched him walk around a bit. Said it looks good…straighter…and to come back in 6 months for an x-ray. He said that the bones will grow in the same proportion they are in now, so looking at the difference in the two legs now, he expects about a 3 inch difference when Tony hits puberty years. That’s when, unless something drastic changes, we will look at the options of operating to lengthen the leg. Ugh.
He then went to the pediatric doctor with Sarah…and discovered mom’s nipples all over again…in the waiting room. He tried to play “Tune in Tokyo” right there in front of the other patients. I think my waiting room visit was more pleasant…but maybe not.
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