Update on Syd's knee

The dr told us Syd's knee looked like it was just swollen and maybe had a torn tendon, but it should heal on it's own. We were told to take off the brace and stop using the crutches after 2 weeks, and if it still hurts to call them and they'd refer us to a specialist. We took her off after 2 weeks, and by the following morning she was in tears from pain so we put it back on. The dr sent a referral to Dr Douglas (an orthopedic surgeon), and we got in to see him today. He said she fractured her growth plate, and the reason it isn't healing is because the brace she has allows her to move her knee. In order for a growth plate to heal it has to be completely immbolized, so he gave us a brace that'll do exactly that. We have to go back in 2 weeks, and if it's healing she'll be back in the other brace for a couple weeks. At this point we're looking at another month @ least in a brace and on crutches assuming it starts to heal in the 2 weeks.