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Abby loves to water the flowers with her watering can!


We visited the puppies one last time before they go to their new homes.  She is going to miss these dogs!  They have been a bright spot in her summer.


Abs hasn't taken a "real" bath since December because of her open wound.  Just think about that for a second....sponge baths and hair washing that takes 2 people for 9 months. Lying down on a bath bench to wash your hair to avoid getting the wound wet for 9 months.  (Well, actually, she had 4 months in the halo when she couldn't bathe or wash her hair at all!!!) Crazy.  This girl LOVES her bath and has so missed playing.  She asked if we could put a little water in the tub tonight so she could walk around in it.  She had the BEST time stomping, sitting on her bath bench kicking her feet, and playing.  💜

Tomorrow morning we head to CHOP for a few days.  Abby has an appointment tomorrow with plastics.  We know he is going to be excited about her wound!!


I'm so thrilled we are almost there!! (Remember, all of the pinkish skin was open at one point!)

On Thursday, Abby will have a dynamic MRI of her full spine.  This will give us good information about her curvature and the degree of her kyphosis (which we know has gotten worse since hardware removal.) We will also learn more about her lung volumes and what her chest walk really looks like these days.  It will be excellent info for Dr. C to have in preparation for the rod reinsertion.  

The MRI will take about 4 hours, so she will be under general anesthesia.  We are hopeful that she will wake up fine without any additional breathing issues, but we are in I chartered territory these days!  The anesthesia team is booking her a room just in case, and we are praying we won't need to stay.  But we have learned to pack as if we are!

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