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CRPS Therapy Week 8 - Great Improvement

 Somehow I got my weeks all messed up and I got ahead of myself.  Abree officially has completed 8 weeks at the Spero clinic and we are seeing fantastic results!!  She is wearing shoes everyday now without triggering pain and she can walk around for an hour without pain.   This is HUGE!!  

She's still pretty tired each day after therapy but she's happy and excited about the improvements she's made.  Last week we introduced her to cold laser treatments in conjunction with her NMR and we really think that the 2 therapies together helped the most with being able to get her wearing shoes.  She had her ups and downs last week with it, which is to be expected.  We've notice that each week we introduce a new therapy she will have a little bit of a flare up the next day.  So last week she would have a good day, then a bad, then a good and then a bad and that's how the week went.  But by Sunday she was feeling really good again and been able to hold no pain all this week.

Another exciting thing - She hit 100 on NMR with her lower body!!!  All Spero patients know that this is one of the most exciting days!  The next day, not so much fun.  She felt like she had been hit by a car because of how sore she was, but I think she feels it was worth it.

We are seeing big improvements with how the body is talking to itself.  She's being able to feel touch and objects without it feeling dull or causing pain.  Her thermal heat scan is looking great!  She has heat flowing through her body again.

All in all we are so happy with the improvements Abree has made over the last 8 weeks!!  She has much to celebrate and be excited for.  We can't wait to see what the next 4 weeks bring.


The difference in 8 weeks on the thermal scan - Lf photo - Day 1, Rt photo - end of week 8

Cold Laser Therapy along with NMR foot baths

Some of the patients from the clinic.  Sierra's graduation day

We've been blessed with amazing weather and who doesn't need a snow cone on a hot day!

One of the best water bottle stickers Abree found.

Horse therapy!  One of the patients brought his horse all the way from Canada.



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