Molly using her walker at a Hydroponic Farm in Cary:
Molly on her first ride-on toy, scaring Jim and I but having a ball :)
We have been having a wonderful week. Molly stood on Monday for the first time since her surgery and immediately asked for her walker. She walked all the way from the family room through the kitchen and into the playroom. We had X-Rays taken on Tuesday and things looked good, so we were given the go-ahead to allow her to walk as long as it felt OK for her. She has been walking really well and today at the pet store walked all around without any sign of the limp she had before the surgery. We came home and she was playing at her plastic chairs and somehow she fell off the chair. I was a foot away and when I bent down to pick her up she had one foot on the chair and the rest of her body on the floor. The cry told us that she fractured, but we are still not 100% sure of the location of the fracture. It seems it is in the left Femur (upper leg), but it is unclear whether the fracture is in the middle or higher up on the leg. Our wonderful neighbor, Lori, came over to distract Molly and help us figure out where her leg hurt. We made a splint out of fiberglass material we had in the house and it was a very traumatic experience for all. She screamed in pain the whole time we were making it, but I knew she would hurt every time we had to move her if we didn't splint it.
The fracture happened around 1:00 and within a few hours she seemed a lot better. She was afraid for me to pick her up for fear of it hurting, but with a lot of reassurance she let me pick her up and we went out to her power chair and went for a nice walk. She didn't whimper when I picked her up, so I am hopeful that she is feeling better and that the splint is effectively bracing the fracture.
We emailed Dr. Esposito and have already heard back from him. He thought that as long as she was comfortable it would be reasonable to wait and see and not go to the ER. There is an after-hours urgent care place, but of course it is closed today and tomorrow. Bummer. Dr. Esposito said that most likely the rod would splint the fracture and that she would be feeling well enough to crawl in the next week or so, but we will have to wait and see. There is a small chance that the rod could have bent because of the fracture, but as long as it is only minor the leg should heal and we won't have to rush back for another surgery - keep your fingers crossed.
Jim and I are both feeling rather sad after having such a wonderful morning with her being so mobile and independent. Molly has had to go a lot, but her spirits are very good and we are hoping she is able to get a good night's sleep despite the fracture.
Here are some videos of her doing well:
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