Mayo Trip

Corynn had a check up appt at Mayo Clinic in Rochester yesterday. We were lucky enough to get to fly this time, rather than drive the eight hours it takes to get there. It was just Corynn and I - and it was a very quick trip. We flew out Monday night, her appts were Tuesday morning and then we flew back home early Tuesday evening. This was Corynn's very first plane ride so it was interesting!

She loved the actual plane ride- but the waiting was a whole another story! its hard for a 4 year old to understand waiting, especially when they are super excited!

This is Corynn on the first plane- I wish I would have taken a pic of her reaction when we took off. She yelled "We're off the ground, mom! We're off the ground!" It was at night and she saw the stars and moon... and kept saying "I can't believe I'm flying in outer space! How cool!"





Here are a few pix of Corynn blowing off steam at the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport- we only had a 52 minute layover- but you would have thought it was hours!















Her appt went FANTASTIC! They kept parading dr.s through to see her progress. And they all kept telling her how perfect, wonderful and cute she was. And she made their day- and how she was the super star of the brachial plexus clinic. Talk about an ego boost to a girl that already sees herself as "the princess". But it was all great news. She is at 89% in motion and movement. They were hoping for 40-50% after surgery. She is also able to twist her wrist from palm up to palm down and back- a movement she shouldn't be able to do because of a nerve transfer they did when she was a baby. She is basically a little miracle- and doctors hardly ever use those words. She is by far the best pediatric brachial plexus recovery they have seen in the last 5 years at Mayo clinic.

Needless to say, we are very pleased!

Here is a pic of Corynn and two of her surgeons. Dr. Shin (a hand specialist) on the left and Dr. Spinner (head neurologist) on the right.