For those who don't know all the details. Hannah went to the doctor 2 weeks ago and we were told she needed surgery now. This is surgery on her ankles, both of them and on her left leg. The ankle part I was ok with, it was the leg length surgery that had me shaking my head and calling daddies, mine and hers! You see, the doctor wants to stop Hannah's left leg from growing anymore with hopes that the right leg will catch-up. I have known about this procedure since she was 4 months old, but I thought it was done between 12 and 13 yrs old, not 101/2 yrs old. KT support group gave me the same information. One young lady had the surgery at 10 and her shorter leg become her longer leg, same problem just different leg. Another young lady (who sounds like our Hannah) didn't have the surgery and like Hannah was "delayed" in growth and didn't hit puberty until later in life and never needed the surgery. There is so much more information about this, things that just don't make me comfortable with doing the surgery now, which brings me to my next issue.
I have always had a spare Ortho Doctor for Hannah. He was in California. I went to pull in out and WHAM! He has moved to New York! So, I have called and left him a message and I have e-mailed the Hospital he works for. I am hoping he can pull a spare doctor out of his back pocket who lives in California or even Arizona. If not, I will have to contact Shiners hospital in LA and see if we can get her in there.
Dad in case you are wondering, I am SICK of lemonade, so life can stop giving me lemons and When God closes a door, he also nails shut all the windows!
Sweet Hannah's in our prayers, always.
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