A 6-Year-Old Girl Came In to Have Her Cast Removed—Hidden Inside Was a Handwritten Message That Changed Her Life Forever

after tumbling off a bicycle.

A fractured arm from a playground mishap.

A leg that just needs one more X-ray before the child can finally run again.

But certain injuries make everyone in pediatric medicine stop short.

Lily’s chart was one of those.

She was six years old.

Her diagnosis noted a spiral fracture of the tibia, treated with a full-leg fiberglass continue reading …