It's the little things...

It's funny with this cast that it's the little things that we get so excited about.

For instance, we discovered that night that her PJ bottoms FIT over her cast! Yay!

And my sister loaned us her Little Mermaid chair which works PERFECTLY! Violet is happy that she can sit up straight (as straight as possible!) and has been watching videos and playing with her toys in the chair. It's a lifesaver!
Here are some better pictures of Violet in her "hard candy shell" (thanks Jon for that great analogy!)
"If I push hard enough, do you think I can get it off?"

I'll admit, this cast hasn't been as easy to adjust to (for Violet or her parents) as the last time around. She was getting so independent before the surgery - crawling, pulling up on the furniture, just doing her own thing. Now she's STUCK. And frustrated. I know it will get better and I've been trying hard to take it one day at a time just like I tell other spica parents, but it's hard to take your own advice!

She really gets mad when I'm holding her and wants to get down. I put her down and we get this:It's pretty heartbreaking as she just plain can't use her LEGS anymore. The longest she's lasted on her hands and knees is about 5 minutes before she gets really really mad (who wouldn't?). It pretty much stinks. From talking with other parents who have gone through this with kids around the same age, I know that every day WILL get better and soon she'll remember how to drop down and use her arms to pull herself around. But for now it's a lot of crying and frustration. *sigh*

We're hanging in there. I know it will get better. And every day that goes by is closer to getting it off. I just hope that she can figure out how to scoot around soon and I think we'll be just fine.

Thanks again for all the great e-mails, notes and phone calls over the last few weeks. We appreciate it!