The other night I was sitting on the couch. LJ was looking out the front door and was up on his toes. I told him to stand on his heels and when he did, I noticed that he was pronating. He stand on the arches on his feet. I've never really noticed it before. You can see it when he walks flat footed if you're looking for it. I've been wanting to get him back into PT and this was the push that did it. I called Dr. Cannady and he saw us yesterday (6/20) He asked when he met his milestones and if he had any complications during the pregnancy or delivery. He mentioned that toe walking could be from autism/sensory processing or it could be from things like CP, MD, or tethered cord. He wants to do either an ultrasound or an MRI to check for any complications with the spinal cord or brain. If those come back normal, then we're looking at intensive PT.
I'd kind of like an MRI done to completely rule out any issues with his brain given his autism/developmental delays. The only thing I'm worried about is that they'll put him to sleep to do it. I'm guessing we will be looking at serial casting if we just venture back into PT. The previous PT had mentioned casting before we quit going. We would definitely do that during the cooler months. It would be pure torture to do it during the summer. Especially since it's already almost 100* during the day and it's only the 1st day of summer today.
He's a little nervous about the MRI. Not knowing what it involves but I keep assuring him that he'll be fine. That he'll be asleep and he won't know what's going on. And I'm a little nervous that they might actually find something else going on with him. After the mention of CP and MD I started Googling and started worrying. Having that much information at your hands and days to wait to hear from the Dr. isn't a good combination.
The Dr. said I would hear back from him on Monday so we'll see what route we will be taking. He was supposed to find out if the radiologist thought he could do just an ultrasound to check for tethered cord.
