Jack was born missing part of his quadriceps muscles. Over time, this caused his knees to be unable to extend fully, which caused problems with his gait. He walked and ran leaning forward. In June he had surgery to put two metal plates over the growth plates in his legs. The hope was that the back part of his bones would grow longer and his legs would grow straighter as he grew taller. They had never used these metal plates for a problem like his (because they don't know anyone else with this problem) so they weren't 100% sure this would work.
He had his 6 month check yesterday and we are thrilled that he has gone from lacking 30 degrees extension in one leg and 35 in the other, to lacking 20 degrees on both. We could tell that he is walking straighter, but this is a huge change! The orthopedist was so excited that he took pictures on his personal cell phone. Jack will go back in April for his next follow up.
And...he had his well child visit this week and grew 6 inches in the last year! He is one amazing kid.
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