We left home bright and early this morning for our almost two hour trip to the hospital. Everything was going well until we were about 8 miles away. A multiple vehicle crash stopped traffic for about 45 minutes.
Fortunately, we were only 40 minutes late for our check in time. Kelli had to go through the COVID testing again before they could proceed. When the doctor came in to talk with us, he expressed his concern that the internal nail might be too big for Kelli's femur. His plan was to place it on her thigh and take an xray to see if it would fit. Unfortunately, it did not so she will be unable to start the lengthening process at this time.
Her doctor did do the epipysiodesis (stopping the growth of the right leg) and hemiephysiodesis (adding a plate on the side of her left knee to straighten things out a bit). During the surgery, he noticed that her left knee was more unstable than originally thought. He thinks that she will need to have knee surgery before any future attempts at lengthening.
Her doctor plans to consult with a colleague and come up with a new treatment plan for Kelli. The inital thought is to reconstruct the knee while we wait for her femur to grow enough for a lengthening. We meet with her doctor in two weeks to start formalizing a plan.
As I have learned throughout Kelli's journey, expect the unexpected.
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