Repairing the Femur

Part of the surgery today will be repairing the femur. It doesn't make sense to do the knee until there is a femur to attach it to. Apparently Shelly's femur (thigh bone) is in pieces. The way to treat that is to screw a plate to those pieces, like you see in this drawing. According to the surgeon the femur responds well to this treatment and will grow back. After it grows back (couple of months) they will worry about the knee.