Another Visit with Annie's Orthopedist

We met with Annie's orthopedist again today since Annie's kneecap seems to be too high on her leg ever since she quit wearing the immobilizing straight leg brace. They did x-rays to check it out and said that her kneecap actually is in a pretty good location and not considered dislocated towards her thigh. However, the groove that her kneecap normally sits in is very shallow and her kneecap is still dislocating to the side of her knee every time she bends her knee.

It is very painful for her and even after the brace specialist evaluated her knee brace, they still could not get the brace to work in preventing the dislocations. But because of all that, the orthopedist is now agreeing that Annie needs to have surgery on her knee. They will release the tight tendon that is pulling her kneecap out of place and also tighten the opposite tendon to help pull the opposite direction on her kneecap. So we will meet with the sports medicine doctor who will perform that surgery, and then try to coordinate it with her heel cord lengthening and tonsilectomy/adenoidectomy. Oh, and a mole removal as well! Annie should be a brand new kid after all of this! We're praying for good results and a quick recovery. In the meantime, we're trying to keep her as healthy and strong as possible to help her endure all of these procedures well.