Third week of casting

Today we went in to get Fionn's third set of casts.  The last pair before his surgery.  The casting tech and our surgeon were surprised from his bruising.  The tech thought maybe they held his leg too tight during the last casting which is kind of frightening but I don't think that's it.  Regardless it's not so bad.  No marbles stashed in the casts this time and the sore didn't get too much worse.  No broken skin, just redness and a bit of swelling.  His toes are getting pretty yucky so I made sure to jump in and clean the toe jam out of there with a towel.  They wipe his legs down with alcohol between casts but usually miss between the toes.  And oh man do his feet ever smell bad.

His legs don't look too bad, not as dry as I thought they would be, then again its only been two weeks.  And again he did really well.  No complaining.  He really likes our surgeon and our surgeon is really great with kids so they always have fun.  This week's casts are blue and red.  He wanted blue and yellow but they didn't have yellow, so red it was.  It was really quick this week, we were in and out in 25 minutes.  We spoke a bit about his surgery next week while they were casting him.  We should hear from the hospital  by monday or tuesday and they will let us know what time to be there and all the details.  But our surgeon is really confident that everything will go smoothly... he better be!  I don't think I would ever trust a surgeon who had doubts.

Normally we're the only ones in the 'body shop'(the casting room) when Fionn's getting his casts on but this time near the end, a couple came in with their 17 day old baby there to get his second casts.  He was so teenie tiny, it reminded me of Fionn when he was new born and starting that whole process.  Fionn was 5 days old when we met our surgeon for the first time and got his first set of casts.  Seems like a lifetime ago and yet its only been 3 and a half years.  We'e old pros now.

In any case, we will be enjoying this long Easter weekend.  We're planning a trip to the farm to see the new baby chicks and baby lambs and there will be an easter egg hunt as well.  Should be a fun time for all.  I will do my best to contain my ever mounting anxiety and be strong for Fionn.  besides, I can do all the freaking out I want when he's in his 3 and a half hour surgery.  I'll have plenty of time then.

Oh hello legs, long time no see!

the mysterious bruise...

His sore... it's much more red and angry looking in person

new casts!