Freedom

Last Wednesday the husband, Pip and I made the 45 minute journey to Pensacola for a 4 week cast appointment.  We went to the cast room to wait for our xray. After the xray we waited for the Dr to come in to say 'looks great, see you in x weeks!'

We didn't expect what had happened next... he came in and said "Everything looks great! How about we take the cast off today?" My world went into slow motion. I said get outta here and he started to get up so I started screaming "no!" We all laughed.

He said he wanted to see what the xray showed when manipulating her legs. I asked what would happen after the xray. He said a brace, nothing our another cast. I froze. I told him if they wanted to put another cast on to not take this one off!

I, of course, started crying. Happy tears, mixed with some fear and some sadness if she had to go back into a cast. I held her arms up so the cast tech could cut off the cast. Lainee hates being held down. She screamed majority of the removal.

Then.. I didn't know how to diaper our pick up my child. Haha. I was scared. Scared of pushing her hip back out of place. I had gotten so used to picking her up by supporting the cast, that lifting het up under her armpits didn't seen feasible. I got her up and supported her left leg so it didn't flop around. Which was prefect.

After almost 4 months (the next day would have been it) of not seeing my baby girl's legs, I was beside myself! She had no sores just dry skin. I was relieved! We cuddled waiting for the second xray. It was so nice to hold her close again.

After the second xray and much of Lainee's screaming because she didn't want to be put down.. We left with a prescription for the brace and another appointment in 3 weeks.

Over to the brace we went, just to find it closed. I was crushed. A guy came up that worked there and said the one that fits the fitting wouldn't be back until 230-3. And I had to be back to town and at work at 330. So after calling my boss, and getting lunch. We went back to the brace place. We got a size small rhino brace. It was hard to put on the first couple of changes but now, almost a week later I'm good to go! Changing her is still a learning process since I'm so used to lifting legs to change diapers. Changing a poopy diaper is the most frustrating part. I can't exactly roll her easily now and I can't lift from the small of her back/butt area lol. Right now the brace can come off for diapering and baths. No allotted time, just long enough to change her or bathe her.

She tries to roll over when the brace is off. It's just her left leg isn't moving much yet. Now it's a while different set of worries.