Kristin @ Scottish Rite Hospital

The first pic is of the Texas Scottish Rite Orthopedic Children's Hospital. This facility has got to be one of the best in the world. The pic of the nurse is showing the turning of the screw on Kristin's "frame". Dr.Carol performed a surgery in November to remove the rods & pins from Kristin's leg that were put in to repair her broken femur after a car accident that was in Sep. 05'--when her growth plate was damaged and the right side of her femur stopped growing while the left side continued...sooooo..On April 6th, Kristin had a surgery to cut the femur bone in half and install the "frame" on the outside which is attached to both sides of broken bone. Everyday we are turning a "screw" and "opening the break"-- Dr.Carol will oversee the entire lengthening procedure to the end, then surgically remove the hardware when it is over. love, Papa Cooley