On Tuesday I got to see CeCe in her school play. She was a fern, although of course she wouldn't wear the costume. It was really cute though, and she did do a little dance move once when her group was singing.
Cierra started limping on Monday, and by Wed was at her orthopedist's office. She doesn't process pain the way you or I do, and she also can't tell anyone where it hurts, so the hunt was on. All x-rays and blood work came back normal, but obviously something was wrong, by Thursday she would barely walk, and even after the radiologist looked at the x-rays, nothing was showing up.
Cierra's ortho did some more testing with her legs, and decided from the stiffness to take an MRI of her right hip, and voila, there it was, a stress fracture. So, very shortly Cierra will be having two screws put into that hip, and hopefully they will be able to avoid her growth plate. Then she will be in a cast from hip to toe on the right side for the next three weeks.
There's no way to tell how this happened, she had no falls at home, and nothing documented at school. She always plops straight down hard if she doesn't want to do something, so the doc is now doing bone density testing, amongst other things to see if this is a new issue that could crop up again.
Look at this fancy new bed that she hospital has gotten since her last stay! There is no way out, so if Cierra had slept at all last night, my sister would have gotten some sleep. :) I think they should name the bed after Cierra, because I'm certain she is the reason they procured it......... Also note the way she is sitting. In politically correct terms we refer to that as "pretzel legs". How do you do that with a hip fracture?? See what I mean about processing pain?
What a way to start the first day of summer vacation.
Cierra started limping on Monday, and by Wed was at her orthopedist's office. She doesn't process pain the way you or I do, and she also can't tell anyone where it hurts, so the hunt was on. All x-rays and blood work came back normal, but obviously something was wrong, by Thursday she would barely walk, and even after the radiologist looked at the x-rays, nothing was showing up.
Cierra's ortho did some more testing with her legs, and decided from the stiffness to take an MRI of her right hip, and voila, there it was, a stress fracture. So, very shortly Cierra will be having two screws put into that hip, and hopefully they will be able to avoid her growth plate. Then she will be in a cast from hip to toe on the right side for the next three weeks.
There's no way to tell how this happened, she had no falls at home, and nothing documented at school. She always plops straight down hard if she doesn't want to do something, so the doc is now doing bone density testing, amongst other things to see if this is a new issue that could crop up again.
What a way to start the first day of summer vacation.
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