Luella was SOOO excited to get her cast OFF today!! She tolerated that cast much better than I would have these last 5 weeks! It was great that she only had to have it for 5 weeks and not the 6-8 they originally told us. Unfortunately riding bike and running around with friends will still have to wait another month or so. She'll continue to use her wheelchair and walker as she gradually transitions to bearing weight on that leg. She did not need to have a brace or anything on her leg! Her doctor said that kids typically heal much faster than adults and, while her leg isn't completely healed, having more range of movement and gradually bearing weight will allow her to heal up over the next several weeks. Her x-rays today looked great! She will go back to the doctor on October 24th for follow-up x-rays and we hope she will be walking completely on her own by then!
Luella's cast was so beautifully decorated. She did some doodling (as did I) and when school started she brought a baggie of permanent markers for her friends to draw pictures or write their name. We had to take some pictures of her cast this morning to remember all those fun doodlings!
Getting her cast off was a breeze! The lady that took her cast off said she's had 12 year olds crying while getting it cut off, but Luella was super brave and did great!!
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| Ear protection from the loud saw... actually it wasn't that loud... I think more so the kids don't get worried. Maybe I should have been the one wearing them!! I was WAY more nervous than Luella was! |
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| Starting to cut. |
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| Working through the layers. |
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| FREEDOM!! |
Luella is looking forward to a nice long bath tonight!!! :-)
So awesome! Glad she's doing so well :)
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