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> From: DCJones <jones(AT)tdl.com>
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: any similar case
> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 1997 6:48 PM
>
> Ms. Gasik
> Your daughters onset is the basis of your Doc's dx, and is a
> statistical responsive answer. But not necessary the ultimate outcome.
> The high degree of Tone she experiencing can be painful but is
> beneficial in the blood flow to her lower extremities and should help a
> leave some of the possibility of Pressure Sores. Tone also reduces
> atrophy. None the less you probably are, and should, check her skin
> nightly and any time she has been in seated in a ruff ridding situation,
> ie, small boats or off road vehicles. Sense these types of situations
> compress time 'if you will' on ones fanny.
> As I understand your daughters level is T9 and she has a degree of tone
> in her legs? If this is so, there is a possibility that she will be able
> to use braces and the Tone to put the wheelchair away. One can use Tone
> to help stand "I do" and use crutches, "I cannot"-t5.
> A depression for one minute every twenty, a high degree of tone and a
> gradual return of my tactual senses has allowed me to not suffer any
> Pressure Sores of any kind in the past eleven years. But the occasional
> abrasion does occur and should be dealt with immediately and reasonable
> care given.
> Follow through with the care of her skin and you will not have to fear,
> 'CHOPPING HER LEGS OFF'.
> Lastly sense she was afflicted less than four months ago, is
> experiencing improvement and her young age all lead me to think 'IMO',
> that she will have more improvement. To what degree one never knows.
> God bless her and her caring mother:
> DCJones {Dave}
>
> P.S CMG? Is this a urodynamics test? I have had several tests in this
> field but cannot remember the abbreviated names.