FW: Precious Little Feet Quilt Update / Donations

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> 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!!)