Well, I was wrong about the diagnosis, it is not her patella, the growth plate near the patella is fractured.
There are two choices: the better chance of fewer problems is indeed surgery. OMG. I really don't want to have my baby have surgery!!! But if we go the splint route only, there is a good chance that there will be complications with the bone and leg with twisted growth and joint problems a possibility. OMG!!!
Surgery will involve pins to hold the growth plate back in the place it should be. It's really my husband's decision as I don't make a whole lot of money, and he would have to be the one to pay the bill. (I don't even want to say what this will cost, it's awful). I am so scared of surgery for all the complications there could be, but I am so afraid she will have more problems if we only splint and let her heal that way. I wish this had never happened, and no matter how she cries, she is NOT coming onto my bed again until she is old enough to be mellow up there.
Any advice is welcome. Try to be nice to me, though, I am pretty messed up right now. I'm shaking. Wosie, on the other hand, seems to not have a care in the world! She's eating well, drinking water, is on pain meds so she's pain free, and is sleeping peacefully in her box on the floor next to me. Sigh...
Here's a picture of her from earlier today showing you her pretty green leg wrap. My poor baby!!!!!!! That brown thing at the end of her wrap is a carrot flavored teething bone, NOT her leg! (I just noticed that!)