Keep on Going Says Dr. Gordon

The past few days had us feeling a little worried about how things were going, but I finally called Dr. Gordon's cell phone this afternoon and he has reassured us that he is happy with the pictures I sent him on Friday and he got the x-rays from the hospital. He said her x-rays looked good and he explained why he thinks one side has less resistance than the other, but not to be worried.

 

He wants us to keep turning for another 10 days and he promised that when he goes back in to do her chin advancement that he will shape (by bending the new soft bone) her jaw into a position that will reduce the under bite.  It's really hard to see her like this, the more we distract, the greater the under bite, which causes her upper jaw and nose to actually look sunken into her face.  I just don't want her to go from having one extreme that makes her look different to the opposite extreme.  It's taking every ounce of my trust right now in Dr. Gordon!

 

He actually had me back up her pins and re-tighten the wires so we can keep turning for the next 10 days. That was tough and I felt way out of my comfort zone.  I really hope I didn't cause any damage while doing that.

Before moving pins back:

















After I screwed the pins backwards and shortened the wires: