Polydactyly-Kate+Strachan

Polydactyly- extra fingers and toes //**Lexi Green's Diary**// 3-10-12 Dear Diary, My name is Lexi Green. My mom is convinced that I keep too much of my thoughts to myself and that I’m too quiet, so she convinced me to keep a diary… but she is NOT reading it! I am 13 years old, have blonde hair, brown eyes, I am petite, oh, and I have Polydactyly, which means I have an extra finger. My life isn’t exciting so I doubt this will ever be turned into a book… Haha….but this will just be another thing I start in my extra time and never finish… oh well.

3-14-12 Dear Diary, Well, I’m writing in my diary because I`m __SUPER__ bored at the moment. Since nothing exciting happened to me today, I’ll just tell you a little about my Polydactyly. My parents each have one gene for polydactyly, so they were both carriers for the trait. Polydactyly is a recessive disorder so I got both of their Polydactyly genes so now I have an extra finger. :P I was born with an extra finger on my left hand, it has a bone and joint like any other finger but I cant really use it because its coming out of my pinky. I would have had the finger removed earlier (like when I was 2 or 3), but my parents aren’t the richest people in the world, so we’ve been holding out and saving for surgery. It is actually surprisingly expensive. Well, sometime next week I’m going to CHOP for X-rays in my hand and to plan the surgery.

3-16-12 Dear Diary, Bored, Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored…… I am so BORED!

3-17-12 Dear Diary, Today I had my appointment to plan my surgery. We had to wait a while to see the doctor, but it’s cool because I played on my phone. I <3 angry birds. Because my extra thumb has a bone and joint it will be the most challenging to be removed, and the surgery this take longer. How ever having a bone and joint in my thumb is rare having a finger coming out on my pinky side is the most common. I am not looking forward to it but I get to skip school for the surgery! I have to go back to the doctors one more time before the operation. Cya! This is my x-ray of my hand. My hand x ray.

3-19-12 Dear Diary, People can be so nice! And then others…. So MEAN!!! I was in the mall today with my BFF Mia, we were shopping and this kid from school makes this smart comment about my extra finger, Mia stood up for me but I still can’t wait to get the finger removed.

3-22-12 Dear Diary, I’m having Surgery tomorrow I’m sooooo nervous!!!!!!!!!!

3-23-12 Dear Diary, I am so relieved! My operation was a success!!!!! Now I am normal!......... Actually I don’t want to be normal….. I like being unique, and extra-finger or not I’ll always be the one and only Lexi Green.