Surgery went great. Her surgeon said they did not have to do the muscle lengthening which is a good thing. This is something they assess during surgery after they rotate the bone depending how the muscle looks and if more length needed but they try not to do it because it weakens the muscle and recovery/getting strength back takes longer. Hoping with casting over the next month flexing her foot it will keep it stretched and help prevent further toe walking.
She has a plate/pins in and casted for about a month. They left slits on the sides of her cast to allow for swelling and depending on how it looks in the morning they will close/ wrap it either here before discharge or come back in a few days.
She was quite entertaining coming out of anesthesia and the first thing she said to us was “I need to get some pants on and get up to my room, I have visitors coming”. We are just relaxing now, she ate some food and trying to manager her pain.
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