Ella's Feet

Ella is back in casts this week. It's been a very hard transition for her - much harder than usual and she's actually been in quite a lot of pain which is really hard to see. She says, and I believe her, that these casts hurt much worse than her broken leg :(

The bigger news about her feet and legs is that she's okay!
We've had a little scare this past month or so and have been kind of quiet about it to the family because we just don't want everyone to worry unnecessarily. Here's the gist: In July when Ella broke her leg her normal orthopedic surgeon did not see her. He did, however, see her x-rays and saw something on it that he didn't think looked right - I believe I've talked about this part before - so she had another set of x-rays and a blood draw. The blood draw was fine, no infection in her bone.


In September we were back for her regular 6 month check and I mentioned that she is still complaining that her foot and leg hurt from when she broke it in July. He thought that wasn't right so he ordered another full set of x-rays (this is now the 6th set since July!) and noticed a tumor on her leg, behind her knee. He was pretty sure it wasn't cancerous but ordered a CT scan for her.

We tried to put it out of our minds and finally took her back this Monday. Her CT scan shows that she does have a tumor but it is not cancerous and it is very similar to a bone spur. I can deal with a bone spur. Hers is unusual in that A.) she's a female, B.)it grew rather quickly between July and September, C.) where it is located and D.) her age. So we will be watching this closely and sometime in the future depending on the size and location it may have to be removed but for today it is all Wonderful!