After a whirlwind finish for Little Shop of Horrors, including strike and a post-strike pool party (where I never intended to swim but ended up being tossed in the pool anyway), we spent the rest of the week recuperating and resting up for Dancing Diva's big surgical adventure.
It was a long day at the hospital's same day surgery center but, in the end, everything went well. The doctor told us that there was no ligament damage but that the bone fragment he removed was one of the largest he's ever seen. No wonder poor DD was in so much pain. A little shaving off of a thickened area to facilitate the passage of the ligament through a channel was the extent of the soft tissue repair.
Alas, even though the surgery was pretty straightforward, DD has 4 weeks ahead of crutches, 4 weeks of the boot, then 4 weeks of physical therapy before she can return to dancing.
Maybe this time I can get her to take up knitting . . .
5 comments:
Yay Diva!
It's a long road back, but it'll be worth it if she can dance pain-free again! Congratulations to both of you ;-) for making it through surgery.
I'm so glad to hear that DD's surgery was a success. The recovery process sounds grueling, but I'm sure it will all be worth it once everything has healed. Congrats on such a great outcome!
So when you say, "Break a leg." to your Diva, it will take on a whole new meaning!
Congrats on a successful surgery and hopefully a quick recovery.
And congrats on another show!
Good going! Perhaps you can teach her to knit leg warmers to get her ready for fall?
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