Alison had her first appointment with her new doctor at clinic. Dr. Hurvitz seems very nice and he had been working with Dr. Barr for almost 10 years when Dr. Barr retired, so that was reassuring. We spent a good 20 minutes chatting with the resident who is just starting his rotation with Dr. Hurvitz (Dr. Possner, I believe his name was) so that he could take Alison's medical history and check out some things. About the only thing we had any real concerns about was her right foot in-toeing, so he spent a bit of time checking out her legs.

When Dr. Hurvitz came in, Alison was running around in the exam room, more specifically she was running around the dividing curtain that she had pulled out. She thought it was great fun. Dr. asked us what her level was and when I told him L2, I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head. He really was stunned. He told Dr. Possner that an L2 should not be running around like that. By the end of the appointment he said if he gave L2, hydrocephalus and shunt as a diagnosis, among other to choose from, when referring to Alison, he felt sure not one person would choose it.

Dr. Hurvitz also spent a good bit of time checking out Alison's legs. He thinks that some of the in-toeing is probably due to muscle weakness, but that there might also be some tibial torsion involved as well. So we now have a referral to an orthopedic surgeon. Hopefully in the next couple of months we'll have some idea of what the plan is. We'll go back to see Dr. Hurvitz again in February.