Trigger finger

I took Alexis to the Doctor today for her "tricky" thumb as she likes to call it. It's stuck at a 45 degree angle, it has been since she was 2. He said it's trigger finger and she'll have to have surgery to fix it. It's supposed to be no big deal and it's "routine surgery" but ya know? no surgery is routine when it's on your own kid. I'm going to try to plan it between pre-school being let out and Kindergarten starting. That way she'll be all set to start cutting with scissors and writing. He also said it's hereditary! And duh! wouldn't ya know! my mother in law just had surgery on her hand for trigger finger! Hmmm!