A Very Long Day

We arrived here in St. Louis on Thursday and things were going relatively well, considering Molly's arm fracture. We were having a good day on Friday, until Molly fractured her right Tibia. She was on the ground and suddenly we heard a sound and then a terrible cry. We had been on the phone with Dr. Esposito (the surgeon in Omaha) less than an hour before to discuss Molly's surgery and the recent Humerus fracture. We called him back with this new fracture and he called an orthopedist, Dr. Gordon, here in St. Louis and had us head over to have him splint it for us.

Dr. Gordon was very nice and seemed knowledgeable. He didn't think we needed to X-Ray it since we will be going to Omaha on Monday for surgery. He had them make a splint and warned us to watch for pressure sores. Pressure sores can form within hours and if she has one they won't be able to do the surgery on Monday. Those are very high stakes, so we will be trying to keep a close eye on things and hoping for the best.

We all had a fairly good sleep last night and Molly is in good spirits. She isn't mobile like she usually is and only has use of one arm, but she seems to be a "glass is half full" kind of girl and hasn't been complaining. It is amazing how she has figured out how to do things with just her one hand. I would have predicted that she would say "I need help" all the time and would be getting very frustrated, but so far so good.

I think we will take it easy today and hope to all get some needed rest and relaxation. We will be driving to Omaha tomorrow and then waking up nice and early on Monday for her surgery at 1:00 central time.