surgery...

ugh!
 

on january 2nd, maizie went ice skating at the ice zone with a group of friends... at around 8:30 i received a phone call saying that she had fallen and hurt her ankle...

 

such a sinking feeling... we ended up in the emergency room of the children's hospital that night... she was x-ray'd, told she had a sprain, was splinted and sent home on crutches... we were told to follow up with her family doctor...

 

i followed up with him on monday, the 5th, and was told to get in touch with an orthopedic doctor... she had an appointment with him on tuesday, the 6th... a ct scan was ordered and we found out that she had a tillaux fracture... it required surgery...

 

double ugh!

we found ourselves back in the er that evening... this time we went downtown to the er where john works... it was nice to see him in his element and maizie was treated so nicely by the staff there...

 her surgery was yesterday morning... a screw was inserted into the fractured part of her growth plate...
she had an amazing surgeon with a great bedside manner who helped ease her mind and ours... she was a real trooper about the whole thing...

it all went well... i was so thankful for that because there's nothing worse than seeing your child hurting...
 

she now has crutches and this snazzy orange cast ready for signing... we have a follow-up in 4 weeks...

marina was happy to see maizie and was the first to sign...

she stayed at my parents house while we were at the hospital... while she was there she made maizie the cutest bouquet of flowers and surprised her with them...

i'm so thankful that they have each other...

we really appreciated all of the prayers and well wishes that came through from so many of you... they really meant a lot to us!

xo
angie