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| This was taken in the waiting room the morning of surgery. |
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| Surgery took SIX hours instead of three. Everyone was exhausted waiting for sissy to come out of surgery. |
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| Poor honey but the cast was pretty |
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| There is a smile! |
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| Bubby and sissy took such great care of Gracie |
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| First time holding my girl |
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| Back to normal on day 3! Such a trooper!! |
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| Finally on our way home!! SO happy about that!! |
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| This is the xray of Gracie's left femur showing the plate that was put in |
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| This shows the 7 screws holding the plate in place |
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| Isn't this a beautiful picture?? Gracie has two straight legs!! |
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| And this is the gruesome picture of the back side of her leg |
Gracie is currently fighting an infection in her leg that she had surgery on. The kids and I took her to the ER on Monday due to her having a fever of 101.4 and the incision at the top of her leg had spread up out of her cast and was a deep red. The ER doctor didn't want to cut the cast off. Let me rephrase that, I was not willing to have the ER doctor cut the hard cast off and not be able to put another cast on. After all, we don't want to jepordize any results from surgery. Instead he said he would prescribe an antibiotic and we would have to go to our doctor the next morning. The doctor was really nice and actually came out to the triage area to talk with me because they were so busy and people had already been waiting 4 and 5 hours. With all three kids at 9pm at night, I knew we couldn't do that wait.
The next day Ricky took her to her Orthopedic. He cut her hard cast off and said that we would need to do wound care two times per day and continue the antibiotics. He put her in a soft cast.
Since Tuesday we've been taking care of this leg and giving medication. Today I finally called the nurse and said this wound care was a little extreme for us to be doing at home. It hurts her to take off the bandages, we worry about things not being sterile, bottom line, we are in over our heads with this. The doctor said he could admit her to the hospital until it is healed but that would mean weeks in the hospital. That means big exposure to germs, her being cooped up, Brody and Madi being miserable in the hospital, etc. We are going to try to figure out something over the weekend and hope to have a wound care nurse come to the house starting next week. PLEASE keep her in your prayers. There is another cut on the outer side of her leg too. Seeing her leg amazes me even more about who she is and her strength. I don't know about yall but I'm not sure if I would be able to handle this if it were me. But this little angel hasn't fussed and has moved right along the best she can. I don't have accurate words to even explain how amazed I am of Gracie.
She does cry at times but it's been the couple days she had to miss school, that she can't wear two shoes, she can't take a regular bath like she likes to, she can't wear pants or shorts. She wants to do normal things like her brother and sister and it is hard to have to treat her differently right now but like everything else, she moves right along and quickly smiles.
The things she goes through and has went through and how she handles everything speaks volumes about who she is. It has nothing to do with Ricky and I. Honestly we still can't believe how lucky we are that we've been picked to call her ours and be her parents. It's really an honor.
Anyway, just wanted to send out a quick update and ask to please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
Krista
