Makenna's Boot

Saturday evening, Makenna came inside from playing outside at her cousin's house, complaining that her foot hurt. We put her in a chair, and I half expected her to get up and run off soon after. But she stayed in the chair for quite awhile and kept saying her foot really hurt. We checked it out, put ice on it, and told her to just be still.

So the next day, Sunday, she hopped around on her good foot while she got ready for church. Quentin carried her into sacrament meeting, but Makenna hopped to her Primary class. And on Monday I carried her into school, but she hopped around in class - and her teacher even gave her a piggyback ride to lunch.

So...we guessed that Makenna wasn't just doing the hopping for the drama or for attention. There really was something wrong. Instacare told us that they could look at it but that we would ultimately have to see an orthopaedic specialist for treatment. So after phone calls to about 4 orthopaedic specialists, the earliest appointment we could get was Wednesday morning.

So yesterday morning the doc felt her foot and took x-rays. There was a big bump on her hurt foot but he said that could be normal in a developing child. So he took an x-ray of her good foot - it had the same bump. So he didn't think it was broken but that most likely her bone had gotten bruised (this wouldn't show as a bruise on the skin however.) So he gave her a "boot" to wear. The doc said a bruise should heal within a couple of weeks and she'll be back to normal - if not, I'll have to take her in again.

Yesterday she said it still "stinged" when she tried to walk on the boot, so she hopped around all day. But this afternoon we noticed she tried walking on it gently - and now she's walking on it most of the time. I just have to say that she has been such a trooper. How frustrating it would be to have to hop everywhere you go - even while everyone at school and church are staring at you! Makenna said her good leg gets really tired hopping around all day. But she has done it with a smile (and a little cane that Quentin found at the D.I.!) - and it looks like her foot will heal just fine soon!