Cast Check - 9 weeks down, 3 to go!

We went up to Edmonton yesterday for our cast check for this second cast.  We jokingly, but sorta seriously, asked the doctor to take the cast off.  He said no dice though, needs to stay on for another 3 weeks to make sure it can work all of its magic.  It will definitely be coming off on September 11th.  The countdown is on.

The visit was kind of frustrating.  Everything was fine with the cast.  Therefore, we had to drive an hour and a half to Edmonton and we ended up waiting for over 2 hours in the waiting room before we saw the doctor for about a minute and 37 seconds.

He said "the x-ray looks weird",  due to the angle she was laying for it with the cast.   He also told us that she will most likely be put back in one of the diaper splints after the cast comes off.  He wont know for sure, or how many hours a day that will be for until he gets a good x-ray after the cast is removed.  I also asked about Physiotherapy and his exact words were "I don't want anyone touching her".  Nice.  He later clarified that he meant until he is finished his treatment.

We asked to see the most recent x-ray, as we always do.  And he was flipping through a few of the older ones and made the comment "this is where it was dislocated".  I was confused because we were never told it was dislocating.  In fact, on our first visit I distinctly remember him saying "It's not a normal hip, it's not dislocating, but it's not normal".

So, three more weeks to go and we will be done with this cast.  I just pray that this will be the end of the journey for us and no further surgeries will be needed later.

Her new favorite thing to do is to sit like this. Can that be comfortable?!?!?

Scowl face!  This means "I'm having fun"