We learned early on in Lindsay's life of her high pain tolerance. We knew that if she shed tears, it really hurt! She shows incredible toughness when others would be in agony. She never complains of things that ail her and if she does it is a mere little reference and maybe a "I hurt" comment not to be mentioned again.
For the past few months she has been wearing a knee brace, as her right knee appeared swollen one morning. She had come into our room and said "I hurt" and pointed to her leg. Her knee was swollen double in size compared to the other one. We have no idea how she may have injured her knee, nor when, as she never indicated to us that it was bothering her. For all we know, she could have been walking on it for awhile before she complained and before we noticed.
Unfortunately, the brace has helped but after a long day of walking or being out and about, it is often swollen again. So today we went to the Orthopaedic doctor and after the X-Rays showed nothing broken, he felt like the next step was an MRI. Which in itself, will be an experience. Lindsay would not sit still in a confined space for 45 minutes, so we need to go to the hospital and have what they call "conscious sedation". We will know then what the next course of action will be, which brings many questions to my mind. Crutches, no way. Wheel chair, oh my, we might not ever get her out of it! :). Surgery? Recovery? Her understanding of the process, the pain, being careful not to re-injure, etc.
We will just wait and see. But today I was reminded of her pain tolerance as the doctor picked up her knee, laid it out straight, bent it and rotated it around to see when and if she expressed any discomfort. Was she, or was she not, it is so hard to tell. And if she was in pain, bless her little heart, she didn't even show it!
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