Sorry to complain, but we are having a very tough time here in NC. Poor Molly. She was starting to feel a little bit better, so we had started taking her upstairs to sleep. That worked out fine on Friday night, but Saturday night something didn't work out well in the transfer when I went to put her down her leg twisted and it was like it was broken all over again. The Mclains (Amanda that is 12 with OI) came over to give us some advice about how to make a better splint and that seems to have improved things at least a little bit.
She is having so much fear that it is sometimes hard to know when she is having pain and when she is just afraid it will hurt. She is still her happy and silly self most of the time, but when it comes time to do anything like go from sitting to laying down or change a diaper etc. there is a lot of drama and crying.
We spoke with Dr. Esposito last night and he is confident that this will heal nicely on its own and that she will be feeling a lot better in 7-10 days. It was nice to hear that she will be feeling better soon. We are going to look into having her fitted for an orthotic brace (the black ones you see people with after knee surgery) that would immobilize her knee and hip without having to use a SPICA, which is a cast that goes from toe to armpit on the hurt leg and and down half-way on the good leg. I am really hoping that we can avoid a SPICA. She would not be able to sit up and would be covered with fiberglass over most of her body. We have been fortunate to avoid these so far because of her rods and I am hoping for that trend to continue.
Jim's Mom is flying in today and I am hopeful that having an extra set of hands will lift our spirits.
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Molly, Sarah, Jimmy,& Gram...........
Sending good thoughts and prayers your way, and hoping that Molly is feeling better soon.
Love, Mrs. "G" and Mrs. "R"
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