So first of all let me apologize for the long absence of my postings. All I can say is that things have been busy, busy in our household. I think when I left off we were still in Florida, anxious to go home. Madi stayed in her cast for 6 weeks and I have to say it really went by faster than I thought. Although she did become a little bit of a diva while she had it on. It was sort of like Madi said "jump" and mommy and daddy said "how high". She became attached to her Tinkerbell foam couch and sat in it all the time watching movies, sponge bob and yo gabba gabba. She eventually like some time on her tummy, playing with toys and towards the end of the six weeks was rolling around and scooting on the floor. Nothing was going to stop this girl. I remember there was one night I was at work and I called home to check in and Mikey said that Madi was watching tv down in the family room and he was out in the living room. Sometime in our not very long conversation he said "Madi, how did you..." Turns out my little daredevil scooted her self across the family room, up the 3 stairs leading to the kitchen, through the kitchen and dining room and to my husband. That definitely showed us the fighter she has in her. She continued those kind of maneuvers throughout that last week. Then we left for Florida in mid November to see Dr. Paley. Since it was getting cold in Iowa, the warm Florida air was perfect. We arrived the day before our appt and the morning of our appt at the hotel breakfast we met several other families that also had kids going to see Dr. Paley. It is so amazing the things he does and the people he helps. We are so blessed. We say Dr. Paley that afternoon and he said she was healing well and the cast could come off. He also had to pull the pins out of her knee. Well, let me just say, I was not at all prepared for that. I thought surely they would give her some good drugs or something but he just told us to hold her dress up so she couldn't see what he was going to do and before I could even blink he took the pliers and just pulled them out 1,2!! WOW! I'm sure it wasn't too comfortable for Madi but she stopped crying pretty quickly. Dr. Paley told us she could start physical therapy as soon as we got back 3-5 days a week, and we didn't need to come back to see him for 6 months. Awesome, so feeling horrible about the whole pin-pulling experience we decided to take Madi out for some sweets and toys!
It was so nice to see her out of that cast and she seemed so happy about it!!! Within a week in a half, Madi was standing up and trying to put some weight on her leg. Of course she was very nervous. We started physical therapy with two of the best therapist and she amazed us every session. By six weeks of physical therapy she was running around, climbing stairs, climbing ladders, going down slides, astounding all of us by her quick recovering and doing so well that when the therapist checked in with Dr. Paley he said she had surpassed all of the milestones she needed to meet. So no more therapy for us. Whew, it was getting to be a hectic schedule with preschool for Julia and Physical therapy. We are now just trying to get back to a regular routine and continue to be amazed by how well she is doing. She is walking so much better than she was pre-surgery! I can't say enough thank you's for all the support we received and continue to receive from all of our family, friends and fellow pffd parents-who feel like family to me! All of your prayers brought Madi through this surgery and her recovery. God was truly with her. I could not have survived without all of your support. Madi is such an amazing girl and I am so blessed to be her mom!
I now am praying for our pffd friends who have had and are going to have the super hip surgery like Madi. I only hope that I can give them as much support as they have given me.
I will do my best to post more often and I have lots of pictures to post from surgery time until now. As soon as I can figure out how to get then from my phone to the computer I will post them. Best wishes!
