Surgery scheduled!

It’s been a while.

Hey guys, just an update after a long time without one! (Oops.)

We found out in February that Kielah would be having a SUPERhip surgery sometime soon, but her bone development wasn’t quite ready yet. It was determined by Dr. Herring (her surgeon) that it would be checked again in November.

Lately, Kielah has been having a lot of pain lately when she walks around for a little while. We determined this was because her prosthetic leg doesn’t fit correctly. We called last month to get an appointment to get it looked at, and, long story short, it was determined that we needed to have an appointment with her surgeon.

Fast forward to today…

Found out a couple of days ago that they were going to send us to get images done before we saw the surgeon. (Insert dramatic DUN DUN DUN here)

Kielah gets x-rays all the time. First one was when she was a few hours old. She’s a champ at them. However, x-rays mean he’s looking again to see if her bones are ready for surgery.

Once we got done with that, we went to see the surgeon.

Dr. Herring checked her how he usually does (range of motion, gets her to walk, basic stuff), and then says,

“Well the bone looks like our next step will be surgery.”

(According to the man who has made Kielah’s prosthetics since her first one, this is pretty much how I looked at her dad when he said it.)

I was nervous, but I’m still much more peaceful than before because I had prepared myself for an all-day surgery.

(Side note to say that I am forever grateful for Kielah’s dad. He’s really the best dad she could ever have, especially in this situation, and he’s really the best co-parent I could ask for in it.)

The surgery will essentially rebuild her femur head and hip socket. It’ll take 2.5 hours. We’ll be at Scottish Rite for two to three days, and after surgery she’ll be in a Spica cast for about six weeks and be in a wheelchair in this time. After the cast comes off, she’ll do physical therapy and have to relearn how to walk. Dr. Herring said she’ll be walking again by her birthday. (GOALS)

Specific prayers:

-       Peace for Kielah. She was in there when the surgeon was talking, and we would never hide it from her and blindside her on it. She’s understandably nervous.

-       That people don’t constantly bring up the surgery to or around her.

-       Finances for the trips necessary during this. Just through September 6^th, we will be staying in Dallas a total of five nights over at least two trips. That doesn’t include going back for checkups, cast removal, or physical therapy.

We are so thankful that y’all care about our baby girl so much.