Achey Breaky... Leg

Please send happy, healing thoughts to Lauren. She's been complaining of leg pain in her hip and in her lower leg near the knee. Today's xray shows that the plate holding her new femur in place has snapped in half.



Not sure how it happened, but L is devastated. This means a delay in chemo and another major surgery. We kept telling them that her leg looked crooked, but no one believed us. They attributed the pain and "crookedness" to the muscle that was removed with the tumor. No wonder she's had so much leg pain; the pieces have been rubbing on her anchor bones and the surrounding tissue, and the new bone has had no support. This is a MAJOR setback.