Tough news today

We had a meeting with an orthopedic specializing in feet today and received some tough news. What we hoped might be a relatively straight forward surgery to remove an extra toe, turned out to not be straight forward. After discussing it, we have determined that it is best to just leave it as is for the time being. Until the extra toe starts to cause Katerina pain or major discomfort, we are going to do nothing. Unfortunately, the surgery would have entailed plastic surgery as well as a more intrusive procedure than first hoped and thought.

It is not the end of the world of course, not even close. We just hoped for Katerina's sake she would not have to deal with any sort of teasing and mocking. At her current age we are not worried but in a few years it could be different. Time will tell if and when we are to have it removed. For now, we leave it as is.