Christmas 2010 brought several setbacks for Kara. She experienced five lacerations on the cornea of her left eye, multiple dislocations of her right patella, and a dislocation of her left hip. Kara is currently unable to walk, and has been confined to her home. On April 5, 2011 Kara underwent surgery to reset her left hip at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, in Palo Alto, CA. After discharge, Kara will have to wear a body cast for approximately two months.

This is her journey.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Heading Home

Kara will be discharged tomorrow around noon.  We will be using a special harness to strap her into the front seat of my mom's car.  It will take three people to lift her in place.  Kara has a reclining wheelchair that she will be using, and we ordered a new ramp for the front porch.

I really hope we are strong enough to get her into the house. 

P.S. I forgot to mention this before, but Kara came out of the operating room with a WHITE cast.  I requested a PURPLE cast multiple times, and asked for hot pink as a backup choice.  I am going to have to find some way to make this tolerable.  My sister is not going to have a boring, white cast that will inevitably look filthy in a few days.
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