Sierra's Leg

Hi All-

We have had lots of questions about Sierra's leg problem so here is the low down. She has been having pain in her right femur for a couple of months. We have just been assuming that she was working too hard, maybe had a pulled muscle that just wasn't healing all the way. She has been cheering and dancing a lot this summer, so she is always using those muscles. So we finally took her to the doctor to see if there was a problem. The doc thought it might be a stress fracture. We had xrays taken and it didn't show anything. So our doc scheduled a bone scan. We did the bone scan yesterday at Primary Children's Hospital. It was a bit traumatic for Sierra. They strapped her into this MRI machine. They had her feet turned in kind of pigeon toed to put pressure on the area that was hurting her. The machine took about 30 minutes to scan so she was in pain and crying softly but it wasn't too bad. They gave her an injection of dye that gets into the blood stream. When they do the bone scan the dye shows where there is a concentration of blood flowing to. This indicates injury or other problems. Well, while watching the screens I could see that there was definitely a mass of some sort in her right thigh. The xray tech said it would show bruises, breaks, tumors, anything that was going on. So we are waiting to hear what the docs say after they examine the scans thoroughly and consult with each other. I will post more info as we receive it. Sierra is scared and understandably so. We are trying not to worry too much until we know what is really going on. Hopefully it is nothing- but better safe than sorry.