I also thought I'd update on Elias' medical "stuff". We went to his hand doctor last week to talk about where things stand with his thumb. If you didn't know, Elias' left thumb has some problems with his tendons and the bottom joint if not constructed correctly. To give you a visual, if he was to hold his hand up to high five you, it looks as if he's counting and has put his thumb down first, but if looks like this all the time. They've given us brace after brace for him to wear to try and pull his thumb out more from his hand, but he takes them off within 10 minutes, so they've been pretty useless. However, this thumb problem has never stopped him from doing what he wants to do. He's learned how to use it, and surprisingly, his left had has been his dominate hand so far. I know they say you can't tell which hand will be their writing hand, but I wouldn't be surprised if its his left. And when he wants to, he can bring his thumb out much further than you think it can go. He picks up his food with it, he can fully grip a ball with it...my point is he uses it. So Kevin and I were concerned that if they operated he wouldn't be able to do as much as he can now with it. The doctor assured us that it will be better than it is now, and those were the words we wanted to hear. Our window is right now to do this surgery. After this window, the only option we have would be to fuse the joint, and in that case he would be able to bend his thumb, so we want to avoid that as much as we can. So with all that said, Elias will have surgery once we return from Christmas vacation. Recovery will consist of a pin with a cast for 6 weeks.
In the mean time, Elias is loving his physical therapy and is really doing to well! Now that we were finally able to find shoes wide enough to fit his braces, we're focusing of getting him interested in taking some steps. He loves to cruise on furniture (and is so fast!) but we had absolutely no interest in holding you hands and taking steps. And any parent knows that if your kid isn't interested in it, its not gonna happen. It's all on his terms...for now at least :)
