and Eliana

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Hey everyone, This is Hansen posting for . She was in

Salt Lake with me on the 14th and 15th getting a cast change and asked

me to update you all on her situation. I got home on the 20th from

getting Lily's cast changed and our whole family got sick immediately

afterward. Sorry I have not posted sooner. First about Eliana.

took her to Primary Children's to have her evaluated for a

tethered cord and sure enough she had one. They did a tether cord

release surgery on the 16th the day Lily and I left the hospital. They

were going to have to stay there for a few weeks and wait for her to

heal and then get recasted. was not excited about having Eliana

out of her cast for that long. I hope they did not have to stay there

over Thanksgiving. I have not yet heard if they are home yet or not.

Lily's cast did not go as I had hoped. She at least was able to

come out of her hip spica cast and her hips are doing very well. She

only has to wear a brace at night for her hips and should be fully

recovered at the next visit. Her risser cast was done again and we did

not get as good of a correction with this one as the last. She was at

8 degree in the first cast and this one is 14 degrees. Dr. D' Astous

emailed us telling us not to worry, that it is fairly common to have

that kind of variablilty from cast to cast. I looked at the x-rays,

and yes although I am not a doctor I know, I could see a huge differenc

in the curve. It was much larger than the last cast. Of course as a

mom I am always freaking out. She is relearning how to walk again

after having the spica cast removed for her hip dyplaysia which is

taking longer than I had hoped. Her muscles will take awhile to work

back up again and the cast is very heavy this time around. It was

great to meet everyone in Erie at the conference and I hope to continue

to hear how everyone's little ones are doing. I am so sorry Tracey to

hear all the difficulties with your sweet little girl. Hope everyone

had a great Thanksgiving!!! Sorry this was so long.

, Mike, , and Lily