Spica Cast, Round Two

We're survived our second round of hip surgery and the spica cast! Violet ended up having surgery early this morning (we had to be at the hospital by 5:30 am - thankfully we only live 5 minutes away!). She was out by noon and she's doing great!

The surgery seems to have been a great success. They reshaped the top of her femur just a little bit and cleared out the socket really good before they put everything back in place. It took just over 2 hours for the surgery and another hour for her to get casted.

She woke up much better this time from the anesthetic - she was just very sleepy and didn't cry very much at all. It was very sweet! Once we got back to our room I got to hold her and that made her very happy.

She slept quite a bit this afternoon, but woke up just in time for a visit from Grandma Pat who brought us lunch. She smiled and talked and seemed back to her regular self for a few minutes - it was GREAT to see her smile!

We're already liking her new cast quite a bit more than the last one. She is in a more normal position (if that's possible!) and does have a half-cast on her left leg. We are LOVING the fact that we "got a leg" and she can kick it around. I think it has helped her to not be so frustrated with not being able to move her other leg. Yay! Plus her legs are much closer together so hopefully she can fit in a few more things like her stroller and carseat without too much extra padding. It's pretty exciting!

Here we are this morning right before she went back for surgery. Good-bye little leg!
Her new cast. We're excited to see how fast she learns to crawl in this one - they did some extra padding around the bottom of each leg for us so she can race around without getting rubbed. I bet she'll figure it out FAST! Her right arm has the I.V. in it so they bandage it up so she won't pull it out. Of all the things going on with her right now, her bandaged up arm and the blood pressure cuff seem to set her off the most. Body cast, no problem! Blood pressure cuff? Noooo!!!


Hangin' out with her own baby.
How we REALLY feel about doing this again! :) Ha!
Oh, is that a SMILE I see? Oh yes! She is much more cranky than usual (who wouldn't be?) but does have amazing bouts of silliness. Tonight she had visits from her Grandma Pat, Oma Joanne, "Aunt" Becky, and Aunt Leah, Uncle Joel and her three favorite cousins. She smiled a lot at her cousins!
She is sleeping peacefully in her crib right now, so hopefully we don't have too eventful of a night.

Thanks again to everyone for so many great e-mails, positive thoughts and prayers today and through this whole thing so far! We love you all!!

jon, jesi & violet

If you found this blog searching for info on spica casts,
please visit this wonderful and incredibly helpful forum:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hipbaby/
Also, please take a look at my Spica Cast Survival Guide, which you can download here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hipbaby/files/
It's the first thing on the list.
Sending lots of good hip healing vibes your way!!