O.k. so electrocution test over, now we know, some nerves do not allow the brain signals to get through. Imagine giving someone directions over the phone, only the phone disconnected and you didn't know it so you just give the directions anyway only to realize that the person on the other end never received those directions. Yea, it's like that only there is no GPS to get you there. Some signals can get through but not all. Good part of that is she can feel things bad part, her legs don't move on their own.
One of Valencia's heels was so tight, it allowed for no movement at all, brain signal or not. So, her doctor recommended a heel clip procedure. At first I was like oh "hell no," so they went into the explaining process. They go in and clip the tendon and reattach to allow for more elasticity and flexibility. They have to put her under general anesthesia (which is scary for any parent), I become internally terrified and worry about the healing process from the heel procedure, ha, sorry but the educator in me loves a good homophone*!
It's an outpatient procedure and I love how the doctor's talk so nonchalantly about surgeries and babies and how this is their norm and it's totally fine. BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! All I hear is we have to put your baby to sleep and cut open her flesh and take apart her heel. I know I'm dramatic but in my mind if I prepare for the scary then I get pleasantly met with the serene. I digress.
Valencia is a soldier, by soldier I mean the Special Forces. Everything she has endured up to this point she hasn't even cried or whined about. She really is so special. This procedure is no different. They took her in and put her to sleep with ease, she came out of it with ease and even picked a bright color for her cast. Pink, which was once her favorite color now it's blue. Valencia defines strength to me, her resiliency through everything, has changed me in ways she may never understand but her character is totally #goals.
*words that sound the same but have different meanings
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