Our Visit to the Philly Hospital

I was happy to accept a new appointment at Shri*er's hospital...instead
of the 17th they fit us in today.
The Dr did not give us any surprises, he said he could not recommend
reconstructing Youngest Brother's feet.
The reasons he gave were ones we had considered earlier....
1. He probably never walked before the burns
2. Yes, we could put his feet into normal walking position, but if the
ligaments and bones did not work properly, he would walk worse than now.
3. The process would take very long and he would be in a wheel chair for
that period of time. Knowing our son's nature that would be very difficult.
4. His injuries are old...more than 8 yrs old... and he walks with
prosthesis now.We sort of thought that is what he would advise and we had been prepared
for that answer.... their advice is to improve his feet so that the
newer prosthesis will fit. So we will be facing surgery, but not until we
are all ready...
DH and I felt comfortable with the decision...no it is not what we
dreamed of for our son, but after knowing him I think it will be a good
decisionWhat does he think of it? Not sure yet...he understood bits and pieces
of the conversation and tonite we talked some, but ....does anyone have
advice on how you broach this subject with a 10 year old?Today they started the procedure to make new prosthesis for his
feet...first off is making a cast and in about 2 weeks go in for a
fitting and hopefully have new ones after the new year.His hand? we will let that for a bit...but Dr feels good that we can
reconstruct that....