First, we decided to decorate her cast the day before. Jon did the writing. I did the polka-dots. We're taking ideas on how to decorate her new cast before they saw it off for good!
At the hospital. She did really great waiting in the morning. Here she is playing in her metal jail (aka crib) with her Aunt Heather.
Here is the new cast! I took this the same afternoon she got it so she isn't all that thrilled with having her picture taken ;) This one is very similar to the old cast - still one leg free. This one is at a little better angle for holding her, and her leg that's fully casted seems to be more leg-shaped than before. Her diaper opening is a LOT longer and a little wider so it has taken some getting used to diapering her again!
Our new doctor was happy with how her hip looked. In between casts he moved around her hip and it stayed put so that's great. He did want to keep her in the long-leg on her "bad side" for another 5 weeks just as a precaution. Although we're a little disappointed to not have two legs out, we also want her to heal 100% so whatever we can do to speed that up, we'll do it!
We go back next week for an x-ray to make sure things are still sitting right, and then in four weeks after that (five weeks total) we're camping out at their offices early in the morning to be the first ones in to get this cast OFF FOR GOOD!!!!!
She'll be in a Rhino brace for naps and at night for a while after her cast if off, which is great with us. I'm just so excited to know that we've already made it halfway. Hopefully these next five weeks FLY by!
Here is Viole reading her book with her sunglasses on
And in other news...I vowed that when I lived in Denver where it is nice and dry, I would try my hand at line drying our clothes. I am excited about not using up so much energy AND everything smells so yummy from being out in the sun!
Here was my first attempt:
And Jon is almost finished cleaning out the garage! What a gross, dirty job it has been. The things he found in the garage that are really weird: 4 large canvas bags of DIRT, a box of old socks, a box of neatly folded carpet padding remnants, a box of rotted out small pillows with "ER" stamped on them, and a 5 canvas bags of.. canvas bags. Go figure.There has also been a few treasures (although very, very few). He found some old US Mail bags that are still in surprisingly good shape, and a couple of wire crates that we like. But that's about it. The rest of it was picked up by the trash collectors yesterday. We owe them something - it was not a pretty sight!
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!!
3 comments:
Violet you are suck a COOL chick! I love your hair in those cute piggie and you are a great dancer. Watch out Britney Spears; Violet is already better than you and she is only ONE! I am glad time in your cast is going by quickly. I sure hope the brace is painless and easy to sleep in. Once I think of some neato ways to decorate your cast I'll let you know :)
Oh my goodness, I did NOT proofread my post. It was SUPPOSED to say sucH. SORRY Violet!
Hi,
I found your website while searching for "spica cast's" on google. I just wanted to say thank you fro posting all the pictures. My son, Joshua, broke his leg and had to be spica casted. We were worried he wouldn't be able to sit in a chair or do much. After finding your blog my husband and I were glad to know we could! My hospital was rubbish with information on it.
x Kate
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