From the category archives:

General

Out of the Hospital after SDR Surgery!

January 31, 2010

Ellie is out of the hospital after having her SDR surgery. Everything is going as well as can be expected.

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The Second Night After SDR Surgery

January 28, 2010

Thankfully the second night was a vast improvement.  Ellie slept most of the night from 6pm till 7am, only getting up for about an hour to watch some Sesame Street.
All right!
She’s still getting a lot of pain meds, and the doctors are going to try and wean her off some of them.
Now for a sure [...]

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Ellie’s SDR Blog

January 14, 2010

Ellie’s Mom is posting all about the experience of Ellie have SDR (Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy) surgery on a new blog.
It’s called:
Ellie’s Footsteps
.

You can get to it by clicking above, or on the navigation tab at the top of this page.
Step by step, you’ll get to read about Ellie’s advetures!

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Calendar Time!

November 25, 2008

There’s a new 2009 wall calendar ready!  The price goes up every year from our supplier, but it is a really nice premium calendar.  You can see a preview of at Lulu.com - you can order it from Lulu, or send an email to me or Ellie’s Dad.
There’s also a desk calendar this year, which you [...]

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Walker Magic

September 26, 2008

Ellie had a session at The Movement Centre. She seems to have really got the hang of moving her legs and feet to get going in her walker…

YOU GO GIRL!

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We’re Looking for Angels!

June 19, 2008

It goes without saying we think it’s tremendously important to help Ellie walk, and after her parents did a lot of research, it seems that the surgery in St. Louis is the best way to accomplish that. Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy has helped a lot of other kids with Cerebral Palsy, and the doctors think it [...]

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Welcome to our blog, “Helping Ellie Walk.”

May 28, 2008

Ellie’s a spunky little 3-year old with spastic cerebral palsy.
She needs surgery to lessen that spasticity, enabling her muscles to work better, and making her more comfortable. (Imagine how you’d feel if you had a muscle cramps in your hips and legs all the time!)
This surgery, called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy, will not only improve her [...]

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