He's Baaaaack!

Today was the big day!  Here's the before shot at the Dr.'s office while we were waiting for what seemed like an eternity for the Dr. to give us the "go ahead" to get the cast removed.  We'd already had X-rays at this point.  His leg still looks broken to us in the x-rays, but doc reassures us that there's great new bone growth around the break.

Then, it was off to the casting room (decasting room?) where G was so brave.  The saw was loud and he did fine until she got that saw close to his nether regions.  That set him off a bit.  And really, the scariest part was when both legs were fully out and he had to hold up his leg for the first time.  It felt really funny to him.

It's Loud

Shedding the Exoskeleton

Both legs out! 

When we got home, Graham and I took a bubble bath and scrubbed body parts that hadn't seen soap in 6 weeks.  We scrubbed off a lot of dead skin, then drained the tub and did it again.  G let his leg go all over the place in the bathtub without realizing it.  That was reassuring to me because he was not in any pain.

He took a great nap by himself in his bed today.  I peeked in on him and he was all comfy laying on his stomach like old times.  Hoping he does as well on his own tonight.  It will be crazy crawling into my own bed tonight!

He's mostly doing a crawl right now that kind of drags the WIP leg behind.  He stood up once out of no where and pulled himself up on the couch.  He was as surprised as we were after he did it.   He and his daddy "walk" together.  I will try to get that video uploaded in a bit!  It's pretty rough looking, but he's doing it!

The best part of all of this is how happy Graham has been.  He's been a trooper through the whole ordeal so we didn't even realize how unhappy he was until we saw him truly happy again today.  He has been all smiles, scooting all over the house, and we even sat at the dinner table as a family tonight where he did not hold back on the entertainment.

Graham and I will stay home again tomorrow.  Hopefully we can do more standing and assisted walking tomorrow.  Little bits at a time.  We go back to the Dr. in 4 weeks to make sure he's okay to be released to play at recess.  Baby steps!  Literally!  Happy days. :)