Happy Birthday Suzanne

Suzanne met with her prosthetist on Tuesday to begin the casting process for the molds which will be used to snugly fit the prosthetic limbs, once completed. A detailed description of the process can be found here. But simply, the process is to create a negative mold which will be used to create an identical limb to Suzanne residual limb.

The left leg was completed on Tuesday. On Wednesday she visited with her surgeon again to assess the progress on her right leg. Because she is still waiting for the tissue to heal from her last surgery, the prosthetist did not want to make a mold of the right. But Her surgeon is gung-ho and thinks she is ready to be cast for that side as well. This will allow Suzanne to begin walking with both legs, rather than just one, on a temporary basis, as was originally planned. Now we need to get her back in there for the right mold. Stay tuned for an update on the delivery of the new legs. In the meantime, she is celebrating her birthday today (35), and happily celebrated Gabrielle’s over the last week. It is hard to believe that it has been a year since this all began. But looking forward is a lot easier than backward – more comfortable on the neck.