Yesterday Tyler was up to playing with all his trains and Legos. In fact, he can now get out of bed by himself and get himself down to the floor and back up by balancing on furniture. I am so happy that he is is recovering so quickly, but now that he has lost the fear he is much less careful with his body. It freaks me out that he will fall or hurt himself!
We also decided that Tyler was doing so well that we could start spacing the doses of Oxycodone and Tylenol out to every 6 hours today (we had been on a strict 4 hour regimen). So far so good! I hope that his pain will still be managed and he will still be active. The doctors directed us to begin spacing out the doses when he was feeling better so we can slowly get him off the Oxy by next week. The plan is that once he is off the Oxy, his pain will be well managed by Tylenol and Ibuprofen.
Thank you for all of the prayers, calls, visits, texts and positive thoughts sent our way. It looks like Tyler is really healing quickly and that is truly a blessing!
Tyler was diagnosed with congenital scoliosis when I was still pregnant with him. Although he was and is otherwise healthy and active, he has a significant curve (about 80 degrees) in his spine. We are greatful that we were able to simply monitor his growth and the progression of his curve for the last 5 years. Now, it is time for his first surgery. My name is Sarah and my husband Joey and I want to share Tyler's story with anyone who it can help.
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