Kyle's Health Update

We saw another doctor yesterday about Kyle’s feet. He agrees with us that we want to put off surgery as long as possible. With Kyle’s health problems, there is a big risk of infection and a chance he won’t heal. Right now, the Charcot Arthropathy is very active in both of Kyle’s feet. The bones are breaking down. The x-rays were unbelievable. All the bones that connect his toes to the rest of his foot have crumbled on the left foot. They have partially crumbled in the right foot. The bones that keep the foot straight have collapsed on the left foot. We suspected that because his foot is bowing downward in the middle. I can’t believe Kyle doesn’t complain more. He has to be in constant pain.

The plan for right now is to try to get his feet stabilized. This means protecting Kyle’s feet from the outside so the bones can fuse. Therefore, Kyle is going back in the crow boot on his left foot as soon as we can get a new one made. He will also need to wear a walking boot on his right foot. The doctor wants Kyle in a wheelchair instead of walking. It was hard when he told Kyle he was giving him a prescription for a permanent wheelchair because he doesn’t see Kyle not needing it in the future. The worst thing for Kyle is this means no more working for a while. This will be great for our finances as well. 

Dr. Morgan wants us to go see a different doctor who can work better with our insurance because there may be surgery down the road. I guess our insurance doesn’t like the hospitals he works at. It happens to be the same doctor we already have an appointment with for another opinion so that worked out well. 

On another issue Kyle’s dermatologist removed a mole a month or so ago and it tested positive for Melanoma. So, on Monday she had to take out more, a lot more. Kyle now has a 2-inch (no exaggeration) incision along the top of his back. The skin she removed will be tested and then we will know if they need to do anything else. She thinks removing it will be all that needs done to take care of it. Let’s hope she is right.