Our insurance company has been telling us for almost 2 years, that a surgery to place an implant in Abbie's feet (in order to create an arch) and a lengthening of her Achilles tendons has only cosmetic purpose. Our podiatrist disagreed. He went to great lengths in order to meet with other doctors for peer councils and reviews, and then wrote letters and met with our insurance company.
As a result, Abbie spent the last 3 weeks of school in a wheelchair and casts (her operation was May 11th). I worried that she'd be worn out after the first day back at school. When I drove up, I saw a crowd gathered. There sat my smiling, Abbie --sunglasses on, and casts FULL of colored signatures (those in the crowd were still waiting their turn with the variety of markers she'd thought to bring with her).
After those first few days, however, she began tiring of the new dependency, and some tears surfaced. All in all she's been a trooper. As the weeks have progressed, she has become stronger and more capable and can hardly wait for her follow-up appt. with Dr. Clegg on June 23rd. The stitches are out, and she's now able to sleep and bathe without the "super-sized moon-boots."
So even though I have always tried to discourage the "vain-ness of men," I have high hopes for Abbie's recent cosmetic endeavor. We look forward to fewer headaches, leg aches, and posture problems -- as promised.
3 comments:
keep up the good work, abbie!
Hooray Abbie! What a beauty you are!
Good job Abbie! You are so beautiful. I hope your feet are completely healed and feeling better than ever!
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