Back in July, Lydia had surgery on her left hand ring finger. She broke her finger when she was 6 years old and we missed it (one of the bigger "parenting fails" of our life) and it healed incorrectly, with bits of bone in the wrong places. It was bent, but had a good grip.
We saw two orthopedic surgeons back when she was 7. The second, Dr. Foad, said that with her grip being strong, and no pain, she could just leave it as is. Which we did. But in the last year it started hurting more when she was playing the piano. We had another appointment with Dr. Foad, and the x-rays showed more misalignment. Given the pain and the information from the x-rays, we decided on surgery.
The first surgery successfully straightened out the finger. However, while the bone was healing, scar tissue adhered the tendons to the finger bones with the result that she couldn't bend her finger much, even after extensive physical therapy. The surgeon said we'd need to go back in and separate the tendon from the bone. While he was in there, he said he'd remove the plate and screws that were initially used to keep the finger bones in the right place.
So yesterday, off we went for Surgery Part 2. It wasn't as involved as the first round, and everything went smoothly. I took her as Kevin has been sick for 2 weeks now and didn't feel up to going.
I'm thankful all went well and we pray that follow up physical therapy will, this time, result in a fully functional finger. We'll be hitting PT hard, with 2 appointments a week for the foreseeable future.
And now, for some adorable pics. I made playdough. I sort of like playdough, sort of don't. It is creative and messy, which is good for little ones. It is messy, which is hard on our sun room. But it was worth keeping the littles happily busy a couple of days ago.
Rose just LOVES her Lydia!
Rose is cute.
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