Hello Everyone. Ava is doing well. I'm so proud of her continuing to make the honor roll — what a huge accomplishment. How many people can say they get ALL "A's"?
She has been having some back pain on and off with too much activity, so today we went to her Orthopedic doctor — Dr. Weinstein in Iowa City. Our weather was has been bad here. We have a lot of snow and yesterday we got rain. Then it snowed another few inches. (Ten to twelve inched of snow.) The roads were terrible. Brian drove and powered through. He drives this half this route everyday for work. The entire highway disappeared most of the two your drive. I closed my eyes and prayed and prayed that God would get us there safely- and he did!
Good news her curve is stable, holding at 26 as it was 6 months ago. We were so relieved. He thinks she is having muscle pain due to scoliosis. She's going to ice it 3 times a day and take Aleve for 10 days.
Here were a few pictures of today. She had to do a full bone scan and a hand scan.
Her left diaphragm looks stable as well. It differs from her last scan but it looks better. We keep a close eye on that left side wall. Scar tissue in many doctors opinions, is all that is holding it together.
Whenever we go to the hospital, it brings so many memories back to the surface. We are so blessed to have her healthy today. There were so many times that she was so sick and fragile. She's getting so tall and so grown up. She has such a sweetheart and tender spirit. God has taken her so far. She's our Miracle!
Thanks for taking the time to drop by and check on Ava. So many of you have been instrumental in praying for her health and her life. Brian and I appreciate it very much.
-Terri Helmick
She has been having some back pain on and off with too much activity, so today we went to her Orthopedic doctor — Dr. Weinstein in Iowa City. Our weather was has been bad here. We have a lot of snow and yesterday we got rain. Then it snowed another few inches. (Ten to twelve inched of snow.) The roads were terrible. Brian drove and powered through. He drives this half this route everyday for work. The entire highway disappeared most of the two your drive. I closed my eyes and prayed and prayed that God would get us there safely- and he did!
Good news her curve is stable, holding at 26 as it was 6 months ago. We were so relieved. He thinks she is having muscle pain due to scoliosis. She's going to ice it 3 times a day and take Aleve for 10 days.
Here were a few pictures of today. She had to do a full bone scan and a hand scan.
She weighed 100 pounds finally!! Her height stayed the same 5'6.
Her x-ray today.
Whenever we go to the hospital, it brings so many memories back to the surface. We are so blessed to have her healthy today. There were so many times that she was so sick and fragile. She's getting so tall and so grown up. She has such a sweetheart and tender spirit. God has taken her so far. She's our Miracle!
Thanks for taking the time to drop by and check on Ava. So many of you have been instrumental in praying for her health and her life. Brian and I appreciate it very much.
-Terri Helmick
