Hi there

Has your DD had her operation yet?
My daughter had bilateral trigger thumbs. Her left was worse than her right. I first noticed it when she was nearly 2.5 when she was sitting on my lap one day and I was holding her hands - it freaked me right out. Why weren't her thumbs able to flex?? I had my son not long after and when I saw the paed at his 6 week appointment I asked about Jemma's thumbs - I was given the name of an orthopaedic surgeon.
I had the appointment on Tuesday 18 August 2008. The night before the appointment I decided to look at old photos to see how long her thumbs may have been like this. I was able to see photos from March 2007 which showed clearly that the left thumb especially was bent. Because I had seen this and told the doctor I was able to book the surgery straight away, otherwise he would have adopted a wait and see approach for 6 months.
Her surgery went ahead on 27 August 2008; both thumbs were done. She was very disoriented after the GA, however a bottle of her favourite milo helped calm her down. She was amazing after that, only minimal amount of pain relief. Her surgery took place at about 8:30am, by 12 noon when we collected her sister from kindy she wanted to climb on the playground at school!! Her recovery was very quick, however whilst her left thumb which had been very bent showed immediate improvement, the right one remains at a similar bent. I have seen the ortopaedic surgeon about 8 weeks or so after surgery, he said to wait and see. it has now been nearly 11 months and I want to see him again, she is right handed and I am noticing there are some things she cannot do with that thumb. I was doing some research which led me to your post!!

So good luck if she has not had the surgery, make sure you bring something familiar to the hospital like a favourite toy or drink and lots of cuddles and reassurance.
If she has had the surgery, can you please post to let us know how it went??

Monique