Edie’s knee surgery and physical therapy

Hello, my name is Andrea and I’m find raising for my daughters knee surgery that she will be under going in the new year. About 2 years ago she fell and was screaming in pain and she got back up and didn’t think anything of it since she was running around playing. In the year of 2021 she would just randomly fall and say she would feel her knee dislocate and pop back into place. She would fall a lot at school and the school nurse would call me having to pick her up. I took her to her pediatrician and we did x-rays as to where I called her doctor for over a week waiting for the results when finally she called me back saying nothing was wrong, so we let it go. Got with a new pediatrician due to weight gain he had put her on a special diet and we explained as to why she was not in any physical activities. He referred us to a ortho specialist and he did one physical movement on her knee and already knew she needed surgery. On 12/19/2022 we had a appointment with the surgeon and confirmed she will need surgery. They’re going to have a donor ligament put in place and this will correct her knee cap from dislocating… we have insurance with a 3500.00 deductible and physical therapy visits. Edie will have to be in a cast for 6 weeks and I will need to be there for not just the actual surgery but to take care of her and doctors visits and physical therapy visits which I will have to take time off of work. I have been put on FMLA to make sure that I have job security while I’m taking care of Edie. Anything helps and will be a big blessing. Thank you