Spika Cast #2

Today Brooky got her old cast off and her new cast on. After 10 weeks in the old cast we were more than happy to be getting a fresh cast. Her old cast was getting quite smelly. She handled it like a champ just like she does pretty much everything. She is so resilient it amazes me! Everything went smoothly and they didn't have to do anything surgery wise this time because everything looked good. So basically they just cut off the old cast. Then they took her, and put her to sleep and then put on the new cast once they determined everything was still good. She did not like having them cut her cast off! The sound of the cast saw scared her to death and she cried the whole time. I'm not sure why they didn't just wait and do it after they put her to sleep? Then she wouldn't have been so traumatized. I mean they were putting her to sleep anyway, so why not? I guess they were just trying to speed things up so we could get out of there faster. She was fine once I could pick her up again though.

This time we requested a pink cast. Last time we didn't request anything and they put a white one on her. I have had so many people ask me, "What happened to HIM?" And I think to myself...really? Does she really look like a boy? So this time we asked for a pink cast and we got a bright pink cast! So now hopefully it will be a little easier to keep clean and won't look quite so grungy looking, it is so much cuter for a girl, and hopefully people wont think she is a boy anymore! Although I do think we did a pretty good job of caring for her cast and not letting it get to filthy all things considered. :) 

This is a picture of her the day she got her first cast on. See how fresh and white it was?

This is her cast right before getting it off. It was kinda grungy, but really not too bad for a 1 year old and being in it for 10 weeks! Look at how much those little legs grew in 10 weeks. Probably half an inch at least! See how much farther her legs stick out of the cast than when it was first put on?

Happy as can be especially for waking up at 5:00am and going to the hospital!

Daddy got to gear up and go back with her while they were putting her to sleep.

She was wearing daddy's hat for fun. :)

This was where they cut the cast. It was so thick they couldn't get it completely off right then. They sawed down each side of the cast and then basically would pop it off. We were joking that it was kind of like her hatching our of an egg shell. :) You can also see her doctor's initials on her left leg.

Just before going back

All the pictures of her in her new cast are on Casey's phone (which I don't have at the moment) and she is still super sleepy from the anesthesia...so stay tuned and you will see more pics of her new cast soon to come.