Yesterday morning we went to see Molly's PT and she was AMAZED by Molly's progress. Molly walked all over the PT room with her walker and it was so fun to show off her new wonderful skill.
Around 4:00 we were in the playroom and Molly was pushing on the side of one of her plastic bins of toys and it dumped over and she fell over her legs. I was hoping that she was just scared, but it was clear that she was in a lot of pain. The good news was this was the first time she was able to show me where it hurt. The bad news is we think she has fractured her right tibia (shin bone). This bone is the most bowed and will need to have the rod replaced sooner than later. The orthopedist in Omaha (Dr. Esposito) thought the rods would last about a year - hopefully he is right.
We have her leg in one of her splints from her surgery and we are going to see her orthopedist today to have him take a look and decide if we need an x-ray. Once we gave her medication last night she ate a good dinner and even did some laughing, so hopefully this is a minor fracture and she will recover quickly.
We are just devastated that she will now not be able to walk with this new fracture. It may only be days before she begins to stand on it again, but we will have to wait and see. Thankfully, she slept through the night (we gave her some Motrin in the middle of the night to keep her comfortable).
She is starting to wake up now, we will see how things go...
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