A few weeks back Corrine came home from school saying her right foot was hurting her. She wasn't limping so we had her rest it for a few days. It got better so we figured it must have been a sprain.
Fast forward a few weeks.
After a softball game she started complaining that her foot was hurting her. We decided it needed to get it looked at. We took her to Dr. Boyson who thought she must have a stress fracture because of the length of time it had been hurting. He sent us to Mercy hospital to get x-rays done.
That night he called me with results from both Corrine's x-rays and Simeon's MRI. They didn't see any stress fractures, but they did see what appeared to be an infection in her big toe bone on top of her foot.
The next step was an MRI to get a better look at "the spot" as it's being called.
She got an appointment within days for the MRI. When we got there they took us into a different room then they had with Simeon. I had no idea why we were there. As we walked in the door they told us we were there because Corrine needed to have an iv placed. She turned into a brick wall and started crying. I asked for numbing cream and then was able to get her to go sit on the bed. The nurses were awesome! They brought an iv for her to see how it worked and then feel. They let her arm get numb and got the iv in with one try. They needed the iv for contrast during the MRI.
The MRI only took about 20 mins and she did awesome. The nurse took the iv out in the MRI room and when they came to me she was smiling. She got a cute green frog stuffed animal that got to go in the MRI machine with her.
Results from the MRI showed multiple stress fractures and areas of swelling and an infection on the growth plate of her big toe. So now we're off to see an orthopedic doctor to decide what to do about "the spot"
She was put in a walking boot to keep the pressure off her foot to help the fractures heel and so she couldn't hurt the top of her foot where "the spot" is. They aren't sure if "the spot" is causing some of the pain or if it was incidental and isn't a really problem.
After seeing 2 orthopedic specialists they have decided to give the fractures time to heal, and to leave "the spot" alone for now. If she's still having pain in her foot at the end of July then they'll do surgery on the spot. They'll take a needle and drain the area and biopsy it. If it's an infection they'll go in and take the area out. There is a concern that it's so close to the growth plate that it could affect her growth, so the best thing is to watch it if it's not causing problems.
She's doing physical therapy to work on getting out of her boot so that she can go to horse camp the beginning of July without the boot on and no pain.
Sadly she's had to stop playing softball. She's been a good team mate cheering her team mates on from the dugout. She walks the bases after the game with her friends.
Part of healing her foot was getting some new tennis shoes. Of course she picked the brightest neon yellow ones she could find!
What a way to start the summer-a hot boot on her foot and not being able to run. She's good about it and we are having to ask her to take it easy quite often.
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