Sorry about that! Two new teeth and life with a 13 month old.
So we went for our appointment on Tuesday, and E had his x-rays with the cast still on. He wasn't terribly pleased with laying on the table, but he tolerated it OK. Dr. H was very happy with the position of the bones in E's foot, and the iPhone apps did help the protesting a little bit with the cast removal. Not so much with the re-casting. The pin coming out was super weird, and I'm not sure I'm buying what they're selling that it "just feels like getting a shot," but it's out and we have OUR VERY LAST CAST! Hooray! And, I talked the doc into letting E out of his cast before Christmas. I know there'll be issues with the sensitivity, and I'm not sure what the splint-wearing schedule will be, but as of 12/22, we are out of casts!!! Hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving - I know I've so much to be thankful for.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Gearing up for the holidays...
and post op cast removal time! I'm pretty excited and nervous about Tuesday's appointment. I'm excited that we're one step closer to no-cast land, but I'm nervous about the pin removal process. My neighbor's 20 year-old son had a pin put in his wrist when he broke it last year, and they removed it in the office, and he said it wasn't bad - just felt weird - because they numbed it down pretty good. That makes me feel a little better, but not a lot. The idea of them pulling a pin out of my son's bones in his foot while he's awake makes me cringe. My hubby keeps reminding me that E is a lot stronger than we are, and he's handled everything the doctors have thrown at him much better than we have.
It's kind of funny to watch E scurry around the house these days. He's finally figured out how to crawl with his belly off of the ground, even with a cast on (see hubby's statement above), and that's his preferred method of travel when crawling around on the grass outside. When dealing with grass, apparently, the less body parts that have to touch the offending substance, the better. He's also cruising everywhere. I looked up two days ago to see that he'd walked himself around the toy cabinet to the sliding glass doors and halfway across the glass doors just using the doors for stability. As I write, he's halfway across the back of the couch, although you can tell he doesn't feel as secure cruising along the back of the couch (I think because the leather gives a bit more than the glass does). The cast sliding on the laminate floors is bothering him less and less, so I'm still feeling pretty comfortable in my statement that he's likely going to be walking before the cast comes off. If he doesn't, it won't be for lack of trying on his part, anyway!
Still our only issues with this cast is the callous on his second toe. The serial casts were longer to protect his toes from the crawling around and pulling to stand. I'm not sure what the thought process was in making it shorter. His foot is in a different position though, so that may play a part in the decision on how to cast. We'll find out on Tuesday!
It's kind of funny to watch E scurry around the house these days. He's finally figured out how to crawl with his belly off of the ground, even with a cast on (see hubby's statement above), and that's his preferred method of travel when crawling around on the grass outside. When dealing with grass, apparently, the less body parts that have to touch the offending substance, the better. He's also cruising everywhere. I looked up two days ago to see that he'd walked himself around the toy cabinet to the sliding glass doors and halfway across the glass doors just using the doors for stability. As I write, he's halfway across the back of the couch, although you can tell he doesn't feel as secure cruising along the back of the couch (I think because the leather gives a bit more than the glass does). The cast sliding on the laminate floors is bothering him less and less, so I'm still feeling pretty comfortable in my statement that he's likely going to be walking before the cast comes off. If he doesn't, it won't be for lack of trying on his part, anyway!
Still our only issues with this cast is the callous on his second toe. The serial casts were longer to protect his toes from the crawling around and pulling to stand. I'm not sure what the thought process was in making it shorter. His foot is in a different position though, so that may play a part in the decision on how to cast. We'll find out on Tuesday!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Halfway through first postop cast
And things are going as smoothly as possible. The cast doesn't seem to bother him in the slightest, and I'm actually not going to be surprised if he takes his first steps with the cast on. He sure is trying, anyway. The only issues we seem to be having is he's developed a callous on his second toe from dragging it around under the cast. Well, that and he's peed on the darned thing twice now. But, it doesn't seem to smell too badly at this point LOL. Our first postop appointment is scheduled for November 16th, and we'll know more then. In the meantime, I give my standard answer to the startled comments from by-standers when we're out - yes, I did tell him to stay off of the Harley, and he just didn't listen...boys will be boys, after all :-). His sleep is back to normal - 11 hours + per night. His eating is normal - we've transitioned to milk, but he's not processing that well, so we've shifted over to lactaid for a few months to give his tummy a little more time to be able to process the lactose. Typical 12 month-old issues here. Plus a heavy cast.
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