Ellie's surgery

before surgery


new casts


comfortable after surgery is done


resting comfortably at home



Ellie's surgery went well yesterday. The doctor said everything went as expected.

We had to be prepared for the possibility that Ellie would need some sedation, so she was not able to have her regular feeds in the morning. That turned out to be unnecessary though as Ellie was the perfect patient and did not move or get too scared during the procedure. The doctor even allowed Adam and I to stay in the room and comfort Ellie while she operated! Ellie did cry quite a bit especially when the doctor was stretching the tendons. But she calmed down while the casting was done.

It was a full tenotomy, which means that the tendon was cut completely, but in infants and young children it reattaches and heals itself. So during this period of casting, the tendon is reattaching and healing, only in a more comfortable and natural position than it was before.

Ellie is now resting comfortably. She had a very peaceful night and is adapting to the casts really well. She will get the casts removed in around two weeks, at which point she will have new AFOs made (splints) that she will wear to keep the tendon stretched to the right position.