Onto lengthening news. We stopped turning on May 28. Connor has gotten 2" of new bone growth. From here on out he is in consolidation mode. We could have gotten another 1/2" but we decided that because of the bonus break we didn't want to put even more stress on the bone. We are very happy with the 2"! He got the struts removed and just 3 bars in its place. Connor was nervous about this but as his nurse said "this is one step closer to getting the fixinator off!" We still have a few months to go. We are shooting for October. It would be great if it was a Birthday present and it came off in September but if he can get it off before Halloween he can be Ironman Connor for Halloween without having to cut up his costume! We are continuing to do PT 3x a week. His nurse and physical therapist did say that since we are done turning the stretches should get a bit easier, we will see. From those I have talked to who have already been through this seem to have said otherwise but every child is different. To help with PT we are now rewarding Connor; if he goes 3 sessions without screaming too loud and being nice and not showing signs of aggression he gets stickers on his chart and then he gets a toy! This has worked well. So far he's gotten a toy plane from the movie Planes and a TMNT game. Connor has graduated from a walker to crutches and is even walking around the house from time to time without ANYTHING!! His bonus break is healing but we will need to address it after the Fixator is off; our focus right now is the bone growth and consolidation. 
As for this summer goes, we plan on swimming a lot at aunt Laurie and uncle johns house as long as their pool is free. I hope to take them to do some things around St. Louis like a trip to Ted Drews, they have never had yet!! Maybe science center, zoo, arch, grants farm and hopefully a few baseball games just to name a few. 
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