Still here ...

My blog has been giving me grief - haven't been able to post.

Yes, we have been busy.  Jenna is still healing.  It has been a long road for her and we thought we were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Three weeks ago when her swelling went down I noticed an odd bump on the outside of her right foot.  We were going to see the doctor on Tuesday and asked him about it.  He said that she has a break on that bone as well with a tendon that is needing to heal as well.  That put her back to crawling with no boot scooting.  No weight bearing on BOTH feet.  Frustrating thing is that the ER x-ray shows this break very clearly ... sigh.

He ordered an MRI to have more information about that problem area.  We had a "second opinion" appointment the following week.  That doctor is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in foot and ankle.  He thought the MRI was unnecessary.  We went ahead and did it.

The radiologist who read the MRI stated it was normal with evidence of  healing.  Our doctor looked at it as well and found a problem.  A piece of bone was broken off during the accident and rotated.  The tendon most likely snapped that bone off.  It is now healing in the wrong position.

We opted to fix it with surgery.  Jenna had surgery on Monday.  The doctor had plan A and plan B.

Plan A:  re-break bone and put a screw in to hold it in place (ideal).
Plan B:  re-break bone and put pins in it that would stick out of the side of her foot.

Both plans would require a 4-6 week recovery.

After the surgery he came out and told me good and bad news.  Good - she did great and all is well.  Bad - he did plan C.  He discovered that the bone was a compound fracture.  It was fractured into 4 smaller pieces.  He broke and re-positioned it.  He had to do a bone graft on this area.  He also had to re-attach the tendon with stitches to her bone.  He said it was good we did this.

Now she is in the wheelchair for another 8 weeks.

It has been a very painful week for her - more than what I remember her experiencing in UT in the hospital.

It has been touching to see others reach out to her.

Mark and Bobbi (the lawyer team helping us with paperwork) sent Jenna flowers.

Her foot felt much better elevated.  The gray boot is the  one that needs the additional 8 weeks of no weight.

Notes from her Early Morning Seminary Class and Mutual  kids.

Wiped out after surgery on Monday for the entire week ... see the homework next to her?  Not happening ...