Dr T S Park

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Sophia finally got to meet the great doctor yesterday....and we weren't disappointed !!!
The quiet confidence of him and his team was very reassuring and relieved any worries we had.

We initally met the lovely Deanna, the SDR Co-ordinator, who answered all of our questions and did a quick assessment. She seemed to really like Sophia, describing her as spunky !!!

Then it was time to see the doctor. Sophia was a bit tired by this point and didn't want to do anything for him, but a couple of barbie stickers later and she was like putty in his hands !! So, he assessed her ankle flexion., the range of movement from neutral, upwards. Most of us have about 15 degrees of movement from neutral,  Sophia's right ankle has about 5 and very little in the left because of the spasticity in her muscles. Once the spasticity is removed by surgery, he predicts she should get up to full flexion, with physio. This is massive, it basically means that she should have a good heel strike in both feet when walking and running, and will stand, balanced on flat feet. He doesn't always give a prediction on how long patients will take to walk unaided, or reach there predicted targets, but, seemed confident that Sophia would be walking within a year !! Again, this is a huge, huge prediction for us and better than we could have ever had hoped for. Nothing is guaranteed but it is a great target for us to aim for.

So, all in all,  it was great day for Sophia and underlined that this is definitely the right thing for her.

Day off today, before pre-op video assessment tomorrow, but plans to go to the zoo have been washed out by a thunderstorm.  The Magic House it is then !!