Toe!!!

You may know that Payten's 4th toe on her right foot is crossed over her 2nd and 3rd toes. Yes it folds right over the top. Our doctor told us the day he first saw her and at her 2 month visit that once she was standing and walking on it, it would straighten out. It was just the way she was packaged inside. The more we looked at it and thought about it we wanted a 2nd opinion. We really wanted to see if there was something that we could do about it now instead of waiting until she was older. This way we figured it wouldn't even bother her now to get it fixed. My worry was in 5 years she would have to have surgery on it to get it fixed. And she would have to deal with it when she is walking.

So we saw Dr. Springer at the OFC in Mankato this morning. As far as he could see the bones look good and it was just the tendon in her toe that needs to be stretched out. Then came our news, she is going to get a cast for two weeks! We will remove it and then the next day go in for a check up and we are guesses another cast. How long will she be wearing the cast you ask! Not really sure it all depends on how the tendon grows. Our best guess is a couple months.

Then we are waiting to get the cast at OFC and what does mom remember I don't even have a picture of her toe the way it was. We took one with my phone so it isn't as good as it could be but its better then nothing.

I'm hoping to hold off big brother until after her Easter dress pictures to sign the cast. We are having them on Saturday afternoon. I guess we won't need the tights I bought to go with the dress :) I'm glad we are getting it taken care of now vs. later.