Thank you all so much for the prayers about Sadie; the appointment today went better then I could have ever imagined, it is an answer to prayer. The orthopedic surgeon was probably one of the most straight forward, clear cut doctors I have ever met and I appreciated him so much. There will be no surgery for Sadie in the near future!!! The two options available for surgery are not options because of her age and because it would increase her pain more than decrease her pain at this point. Both options would slow down her growth and limit her mobility for the remainder of her life and at this point those are not things she needs to deal with. He did say that he does expect that at some point in the coming years we would need to move forward with surgery, but he felt not until this gets much worse for her. He was very honest and very clear with both Sadie and I that her day-to-day pain is just something she will need to deal with for now and that quite possibly in the years to come she will have further pain issues at which point moving forward with fusing or replacing the joint will become more of a reality. He was very happy and surprised to see her range of motion as good as it looked; saying that with the damage the MRI and the xrays show he would not expect such mobility. He also said that he does not see any active swelling - this is GREAT news! The reason we started this path in the first place is because her current rhematologist was very unclear at what she was dealing with regarding her ankle; she could not decide if she was looking at active arthritis or damage done. The answer was given today - damage done! As strange as it sounds for this to be good news, it is... it answers a lot of questions and gives us some ground to work from.
All and all I feel today's appointment was very positive; we at least know where we are and where we are head and on our map, surgery isn't in the immediate road ahead - AMEN!!!
Next appointment is with Dr. Wallace (her rhematologist) on February 11th!
Much Graditude and Love
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