RE: Re: FW: Precious Little Feet Quilt Update / Donations

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Thank you all for your support and best wishes you all really made me smile

today!!!!!

Thanks again and I will write again soon!!!

Charity : )

Precious Little Feet Quilt Update / Donations

> >

> > Hello all,

> >

> > Well all the footprints are sewn in 38 total!!! They are so cute

and the

> > quilt is going to be absolutely beautiful. I expect it to be

completed in

> > a couple of weeks. Bear with me on posting responses for the

next couple

> > of weeks I am having a large surgery tomorrow, Thursday

morning!! Some of

> > you already know I broke my leg very bad Feb 03. Long story

short I was

> > holding my son Trenton 2 1/2 at the time walking off my back

porch some

> > how lost my balance, my ankle gave,... not really sure!! Anyways

wanted to

> > make sure my baby was OK and he was but I stepped in to guide

his fall and

> > basically shattered my leg. Meanwhile my two month old was

sleeping on the

> > bed, at I was nursing full time!! Rushed to emergency room

called Dr.

> > Ponseti right away!!! He is soooo incredible and helped me

through this

> > whole ordeal. He really took care of me and helped me heal!!!

Dr. Mosca

> > and Dr .Lehman gave me advice on getting the screws removed.

Unfortunately

> > he told me I couldn't avoid surgery. I had a plate and 13 screws

to repair

> > my spiral fractured tibia and broken fibula. A hospital bed for

2 months,

> > moved to a new house (well our friends moved us two weeks after

my

> > injury), stuck in a wheel chair for almost nine months and a

walking boot

> > until just a few months ago. Well I'm just now starting to walk

normal!!

> > Unfortunately I have to have the screws/plate removed in my leg

because

> > one of the screws is digging into my fibula. Not good!! Dr.

Pirani tells

> > me well Charity, now you will truly understand all the dynamics

of

> > clubfeet including what some of these poor babies go through

that have

> > foot surgery, thus it will give you more passion for your non-

profit

> > Precious Little Feet. There was a point that I had to have

plaster casts

> > just like our babies to gain back flexibility in my tendon!!

CRAZY I KNOW,

> > but did you know you can loose your tendon at this age! Well I

sure wish I

> > didn't have to experience surgery first hand not to mention

twice.

> > Fortunately this surgery shouldn't be nearly as long as a

recovery time

> > because my bones are healed. I will just have lots of holes

which will

> > take time to heal. Dr. Ponseti, Dr. Mosca and Dr .Lehman gave me

advice on

> > getting the screws removed, I'm just so grateful for these

incredible

> > doctors. Dr. Ponseti not only loves his babies he loves their

mommies

> > too!!

> >

> > So just bare with me. As soon as I get the quilt I will have my

husband

> > take pictures and post them!! I can't wait to see it completed

myself!! I

> > spent many hours compiling all of the information on to each

square!!

> > There are three different ladies helping sew the quilt

together!!! Lots of

> > TLC!!!

> >

> > Take Care,

> > Charity

> >

> > PS I have a couple more people sending donations, so hopefully I

can send

> > the package of donations next week or maybe both the quilt and

donations

> > within the next two weeks!! (Hopefully this hasn't caused any

> > inconvenience for those of your who wrote checks!!)

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