There has not been a whole lot of exciting things going on around our house lately. Life is pretty much crazy but enjoyable. On the 18th Austin went in to get Botox injections in his left leg and a cast put on. He is such a trooper, they gave him Versed (sp) this time so that he wouldn't remember getting the injections, they give it to kids through their nose, kinda weird, but he didn't seem to care. Then he quickly got extremely relaxed and they did the procedure. Guess what? He really doesn't remember the shots. He remembers the "drips" in his nose and getting the cast on, pretty cool. The Botox is given to decrease muscle spasms and tightness and increase his range of motion. The cast is placed to help position the joints, stretch tight muscles and decrease muscle tone. Austin had this same procedure done last year with minimal results. The physical therapist thought he could really benefit form it again so we went for it. His first cast was on for a week (he choose bright orange...like the cones you see on the side of the freeway). The therapist took it off on Thursday and said that his range was already looking a little better, but next week she would know if the Botox is working. This time he choose a bright green cast...bright neon green!! It will stay on for a week, then he will get another one on and keep it on for 2 weeks. The cast really doesn't bother him, actually he tells me how much he likes it and how he likes walking in it. I'm sure it gives him some stability that he isn't used to having. Pretty great, we are very hopeful that this will help him greatly!
