A Broken Leg, but still a very Happy Thanksgiving

We are in Savannah spending Thanksgiving with one of Jim's Aunt's. We came down late Tuesday night (a 5.5 hour drive) and spent Wednesday afternoon exploring downtown Savannah. Molly was cruising along a bench on a brick walkway and broke her right leg. It is hard to know whether her leg broke and then she fell or if she fell and then broke it, but we are guessing it broke first and then she fell. She is saying it is above the knee (femur), but there have been times she thought it was her femur and it ended up being her Tibia. I would guess it is her Tibia (right in the middle) where she has had a lot of fractures (there is a big knot there all the time because of all of the fractures). We need to take some follow-up fractures for her surgeon, so we will get a picture of what is going on sometime next week.

We are all moved into our new house, but still have a lot of unpacking to do. The house was built in 1958 and it has been a bit neglected in the past 5 years, so we have had some things to take care of. The bills went into our name on Wednesday and as soon as the water for the irrigation system was turned on it started spraying water all over the yard. Thankfully Jim caught it and the people that took care of our last house were able to come over in less than an hour. There is a $500 part that froze and is broken that we will have to replace if and when we want to hook it back up. We are loving the house and location despite these minor inconveniences. I have been able to walk Molly to school, which was WONDERFUL and we walked to another family's house for dinner one night and Molly got to play with several kids her age.

We are thinking since Molly broke her leg yesterday that we will probably head back to Raleigh tomorrow, but we'll see how she feels tomorrow.

I tried to pack everything we would need in case of a fracture, but forgot to pack the board we made to support her splinted leg on her wheelchair. When we were in the city we went to get her medicine and found that it had leaked all over the bag and there wasn't any left. Most of her pain medications are controlled substances and it is complicated to get them on short notice especially out-of-state.

Molly's spirits have been amazingly positive, which has made this recent fracture at least a little bit easier to accept. She was just starting to feel good on her legs and even walked 3 or 4 feet on Monday. I know that there are going to be lots of steps forward followed by steps back, but I think it will continue to be difficult each time. Of course we wish that things could be different for Molly. She is still of lots of smiles and joy, which is all we can ever ask for.