MRI Results

We went to the Ortho Dr today for a follow up and MRI results.

The good news: the MRI came back completely normal.

The bad news: the Dr has "no idea" what's wrong.

So now what, you ask?

Back to PT we go for four weeks. We'll do that and see Dr. Griffey on July 7th and go from there. If she is still having problems (or if the PT feels we need to return to Dr. Griffey sooner than the 7th), he may have to "go in" and look around inside her knee for himself.

Dr. Griffey said "This is a case where you want it to come back abnormal so that you know what's wrong and know exactly how to fix it. Unfortunately, that didn't happen for us."

Apparently there is some tendon of some sort that goes across the top of your knee that sometimes gets inflamed and "gets in the way." You don't need this tendon so if that's the problem, he'll snip it out and life will once again be good-if this is the problem.

If she's not better by the 7th, he'll also look at the possibility of it being juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. In the meantime, she now has to take an Aleve in the morning and at night and we'll see if that helps.

Her knee is still somewhat swollen and though she can put a little bit of pressure on her foot, she still complains quite often about a "sharp pain" that travels down her leg from her knee. I asked Dr. Griffey about the possibility of her leg/knee just being stiff from lack of use over the past six weeks. He didn't feel that was even a possibility, but said again "something isn't right in there, I just don't know what."

So that's what we know.

Tanner just cried and cried when we left. I had me a good cry in the shower after we got home. I'm glad she doesn't need surgery. It's not that. I just hate that we still don't know what's going on. Tanner was so nervous going into this and I told her that the great thing is after the appointment was over, we'd at least know what was wrong.

I lied.

And I hate that I did.

In my quiet time this morning, Proverbs 3:5 popped in my head. It says "Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge HIM and he will make your paths straight." I have prayed that verse all day long. I even wrote it on the top of the page that I took notes on while in the Dr's office!

God knew I needed that verse today. Pretty neat, if you ask me.

So though we've cried lots of tears of frustration this afternoon, we know that this is all part of God's perfect plan and therefore we have to put our trust in Him and proceed forward.

Thank you for your prayers.