Today, Jordan had his first follow-up with the surgeon since his surgery on March 21. All went well at the visit and Jordan even came away with good news.....
Jordan is healing nicely from the surgery. The doctor seemed very impressed with the progress the halo has made. Originally, he had another two weeks of turning "the key" on his halo (which is basically a little wrench that we use to turn the little knobs on the front mouth piece of his halo), but things have moved into place much quicker than expected and this Sunday evening will be his last turning of "the key." After the last turn of "the key" it will be waiting for the bones to set and re-grow for the next eleven weeks with the halo still on.
The icky, painful part seems to be behind Jordan. The hard part is he's already asking to go back to school. If there wasn't such a high risk of him falling or being bumped we would send him back tomorrow. The doctor feels it's safer to have him home during this time. So for the next eleven weeks while he has his halo on, he's stuck with his boring parents! ;)
Jordan is looking forward to June 8th, the day he should be getting his halo off and his freedom RESTORED!! (Especially since that's the day BEFORE he leaves for MDA Summer Camp!)
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