Four weeks ago on Tuesday night Gwendi turned her ankle while racing at the local skating rink. With tears and a few mumble words out of her mouth she hopped to the side of the rink where we were sitting. I quickly took her skates off of her feet and placed her on the mushroom seats that they have. I think those must be a custom to skating rinks because they had them when I was younger. One of my friends quickly went to the snack bar to get some ice and I headed to get the car. On the way home she was begging to go to the ER so I called my dad on the cell. He works at the local hospital and ask him what I should since our copay to the ER is outrageous plus there is no telling what one might catch from sitting in the ER. After dad wrapped her ankle we went home and made plans to take her to the pediatrician.
The next day after I got the girls to school I took Gwendolyn to the pediatrician. We were sent over to the hospital to have xrays that morning and then waited to hear something about her ankle. Around 4pm I finally called the doctor's office to see if they had any news. Her xrays didn't show any fractures so we thought we were in the good. The only problem is that she couldn't walk so later that night my husband and I looked all over the town for a pair of pediatric crutches. Well the local pharmacies do not carry them. The next morning we went to my mom's church and they help me find a pair of crutches in her size. Funny that they would have them at a local pharmacy in downtown which was of course close when I was looking for them.
Several weeks went by and still no sign of improvement with Gwendi's ankle. We tried to get her to walk on it but she would just hop around the area she was in. Easter egg hunt involved crawling on the ground with her foot up in the air. I had plan to take her to the doctor but the schools were having SAT testing so I had to wait until a day when they didnt' have them schedule which of course would be the make up day on Good Friday. So the pediatrician worked in that afternoon and called the orthopedic to see if we could get her in that afternoon. After picking up her xrays from the hospital we rushed up to the next town to see the doctor. Well they decided to do a foot xray to see if maybe it was her foot causing the problems instead of the ankle. They called a sport medicine doctor in to examine her foot along with the orthopedic. I have to say was very impressed with both doctors. After looking at her xrays they discover that she had an extra bone in her foot which could be the culprit.
Tuesday morning we have to be at the hospital at 8am to have more tests. This time they are doing a nuclear bone dense scan on the foot to see if it will reveal more of what is going on and then we are going to the orthpedic on Wednesday afternoon. So hopefully we will have an answer to what is going on with her foot. Oh did I mention that she has a dance recital the first week of May that I have already paid for the outfit and months of lessons. Grrr!.
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