On our way to CHLA!
Getting started...
Sammy hated the loud noise that the saw makes that they use to cut the casts, so this time we brought some music for him to listen to. He loved it! And the lollipop helped too!
One down...
All done! Reading books with Dad while we wait for the doctor.
Hannah chose a yellow lollipop...trying to match her shirt?
Helene tried to talk me into giving her a lollipop too...
I just had to include this picture. Hannah loves to hold onto Samuel's ears whenever she is on his shoulders. It makes me laugh every time. 
Sammy is still pretty apprehensive about walking--more psychological than anything else I think since he was getting around okay with the casts. His surgeon said it may take up to a week for him to feel like walking, and not to pressure him. He can resume almost all normal activity, except no jumping and no contact sports, like soccer.
His little legs are sooooo skinny now. So sad. And I won't go into too much detail on how gross his feet were after being in casts for 10 weeks. There were so many layers of dead skin that I had to soak and scrub them several times with an old toothbrush to exfoliate all the layers. Yuck.
So things are looking good and we are so happy to have this all behind us. It was a long summer, but hopefully we can get in some swimming and other fun stuff before school starts.
14 comments:
yea for Sammy! (and for mom).
CONGRATS!
Love that picture of Helene. And cute pic of Sam and Hannah!
That is SO awesome. Yaaaaaay no more boots!!! What a relief!
Sammy must have a lot of patience. So how do you enforce rules like "no jumping"? He's a kid! But I guess if he's apprehensive about walking it shouldn't be too hard to keep him from jumping at this point. Yes, a pool sounds really nice right now. Let him have his summer.
Yea! His little leg did look pretty skinny, but SO straight! I bet he'll be running around in no time. And that pic of Helene ... what a doll face!
Congratulations Sammy! You made it through these last 10 weeks! Good thinking, Doris, about the headphones and music. And Helene - that picture is adorable! Now onto to some fun summer activities!
What a brave boy! It's great that when he grows he has this record of everything. I'm sure he will appreciate it even more, knowing how much you and Sam have done for him! I LOVE the picture of Helene--she has some killer eyes and lashes, look out boys!
Oh YAY!!!!
Wow! I'm not sure how a kid breaks both legs, but, if anything, it's impressive! poor little guy, but he must love the freedom of no boots!
Glad you found my blog and some entertainment for a night!
yay!! His legs look so good!!!!! I love that picture of Helene- she is such a DOLL!
That is so exciting! I have hard the kids go through a hard time after they get a cast off like that. Pretty cool that they are off though. Your other kids are adorable as always!
YAAAAY!! so glad this day finally came and that all is well. hope he's ready for walking again soon!
p.s. agreed, that pic of helene is adorable.
and p.p.s. -- sorry -- i had to say it -- that's GROSS about his feet :) lol.
yea i am so happy for sammy. what a bummer of a summer. oh my gosh that pic of helene is tdf, love her lashes!!
yay doris! and sammy!! but those legs still look ouchy to me! do they? or is it just the picture? can't wait for more updates! hope everything turns out well for you all!
Yippee! He looked great on Monday. I bet you are all giving a great big sigh of relief. Plenty of warm days left for him to enjoy a swim.
p.s. Max hold on to Mike's ears as well, Mike hates it. I think its hilarious.
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