We need prayer!

I knew the day would come but I really am not ready! The knee problem has returned. For those of you who we haven't touched base with for awhile, I'll give you the Reader's Digest Version. Almost two years ago Sherrianne had surgery on her left knee. He femoral groove is to shallow and to very short on one side. Dr. Wolf the sports med doctor at U of I took a piece of her hamstring and tied her patella (kneecap) into place so that it would quick subluxating (popping) out. The surgery was August of 2006. She was 5. We knew that this was not going to solve the problem but we were hoping that it would buy us some time to come up with other alternatives. She has major left hip rotation which is not helping the problem. It's actually aggravating it. We were doing great. For a year and a half, and now in the last 2 months we have had 6 episodes. Now the problem is that the patella wants to go out the other side. Today was the worst. I had to push the patella back into the groove so that she could stand up enough for me to pick her up and carry her into Donna's house. Now, she is 4ft. 7 in. and 75 pounds. That is a lot to carry. We were able to get her settle and everything calmed down, but now I am emotionally spent. This is the time that you fall into God's arms and let him carry you. That's something that is very hard for me to do. Please pray for my sweet angel. I know God has a reason for all of this, but it's really hard to explain it to a 7 year old why she can't run and jump and do whatever because of her knee. It really stinks and it's really not fair. I know life isn't fair, but she deserves to just be a kid.

Please pray that I'll be able to help her understand and that I can disconnect and be strong for her. She's scared to death and I need to be strong.

Thank you all of listening and loving us.