Hannah at Shriners Hospital

We finally made our trip to Chicago for Hannah's leg evaluation. Talk about a trip, it has been a long time since I traveled by bus anywhere, so now I know why flying is so popular! LOL It wasn't as bad as you might think though and everything went as well as could be expected. The surgeon's gave us three options as to what could be done to help Hannah.

First Option; Amputate the leg near the thy and install prosthetic leg.

Second Option; Amputate her foot only, replace with an prosthetic foot and lengthen to match other leg.

Third Option; Make a brace to straighten her leg and add thickness to her shoe to add height.

Needless to say we've chosen to go with the Third Option for now and hopefully in the future something can be done to make it even better for her. If either of the first two options were chosen, then it would be a final decision and nothing more could be done to help her. This is the best choice for her right now.

I want to say something about SHRINER'S Hospitals. If you're not familiar with them. They are an organization of people that are dedicated to helping children overcome illnesses of various types. Surgery is also an option when needed to correct certain conditions at no cost to the family. How can you beat that? You can't, so if you know someone who has a sick child and they need help, then tell them about Shriner's Hospital's, I understand that they have 22 chapters around the country, so even if one is not near you, they may still come and pick your child up and take your child to their hospital at no cost to you. Remember, there is no charge to you, no matter what they do to help your child!. I'm so happy that we found out about Shriner's Hospitals. I just don't know how we would have been able to afford to pay Hannah's hospital bills without their help. God bless SHRINER'S!