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!