One Tough Little Cookie!

Saturday was another very long day. She woke up very itchy and had a rash over most of her torso. We called the pediatrician and got an anti itch medication (Atarax) called in that is a bit stronger than benedryl. We have guessed that it was due to the Tussionex, which is a hydrocodone pain medication, that caused the itching and rash. We have now stopped the Tussionex and are going to see how she does on just Tylenol. After returning from picking up the itch medicine I checked her leg for pressure sores and found the very beginning signs of a pressure sore on the back tendon of her ankle. Ugh. We took the splint off, and called the ortho's office. They said we could try leaving it off and see how she did.

Saturday night I spoke with a mother of a little boy that is very severe (he fractures 1-2 times per week) to get some advice about possibly rodding her arm and also about splinting etc. She said that he has rods in all four arm bones and has done well with them. She warned us that we should splint her at night even if not during the day, because what started out as a small fracture could become a big fracture during the night since she won't be able to protect it like she does when she's awake.

Yesterday (Easter) we had a quick Easter Egg Hunt, which was a lot of fun, and then packed up the car to head to Omaha. The drive was relatively uneventful - other than a snow squal or two along the way!

It is now Monday, surgery day, and Molly is doing relatively well, but I think she is aware of what is going to happen. We pointed out the hospital on our drive in last night and have mentioned Dr. Esposito etc.

We will try and keep you posted during her surgery as to how she is doing. We will be talking with Dr. Esposito this morning about whether or not we should rod her arm as well.

Please keep Molly in your thoughts today. :) She is one tough cookie, but I'm sure could use some cheerleaders to get through today.