[tri-med] Re: Nicholas

wow i think his osteo is twice as bad a kam's!  ask them about vibration 
therpay as that is our latest non-invasive thing.  she takes calcium, 
magnesium and vit d for her osteo as supplemtns as we will not do the 
intravenis (sp?) treatments.  we also do hippotherpay as it si great weight 
bearing thru the spine.
sorry dear.
jude, mom to derek-20 (copper mtn ski resort employee), kelsey-18 (going to 
unm to be a pt)
and kameron-9-full t18 (hanging out so i will never be an empty nester)
golden, colorado usa
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark & Jayne Wright" <jm.wright@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Nicholas has been in the hospital since Tuesday.  Last night they did 
> surgery at midnight to correct a broken femur (neck of the femur).  The 
> weight of the casts he had on contributed to the break and the surgeon put 
> in a plate (an adult shoulder plate) to keep the bone together.  He has 
> another hip spica cast and a cast down his right leg.  They put an 
> immobilizer on the left leg since that fracture did heal.  We got the 
> results from the DEXA scan and he has severe osteoperosis (T score -6.5). 
> They are sending us to St. Louis Children's Hospital to talk with a 
> specialist about all this.  They think there are several factors 
> contributing to him having 6 breaks in 3 months such as his syndrome, not 
> weight bearing as much as a person should, maybe not absorbing all the 
> nutrients as well as he should, seizure meds, etc.  There's a whole matrix 
> of things that might be contributing to his bone density and we need to 
> see someone at a bigger center that specializes in helping him t
> o increase his bone density.  His surgeon says he sees this about once 
> every two years in children with special needs.
> We'll hopefully get to come home before Christmas.  Please pray that we 
> find some answers to this frustrating problem with Nicholas.

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