Today Audrey's x-rays showed a lot of new bone growth! She has a new cast that only goes to her knee and not up to her mid-thigh. =0) She was traumatized by the experience today. She was crying/screaming when they removed the cast. She was upset that they ruined her pictures/signatures. And also panicked about the pain she thought she'd have. She's had multiple x-rays prior to this, but today she was crying/screaming through those too. When the Dr.- Dr. Figuroa, was examining her leg she was about to freak out about that too. He was very patient and kind to her and kept her very calm. This was probably the best visit we've had with the Dr.'s thus far. =0) The guy that put the new cast on Audrey was great too! She was really upset to have to give up the purple cast and was crying about it, but then he offered to do multiple colors, and she stopped crying. You could tell she was debating about her choices when she chose white! WHITE! Here is what I find cute. Another patient (a teenage girl) had come in with a white cast and it had colorful pictures all over it. This obviously put ideas in Audrey's head and thus she chose white. It's funny because the girl had a new cast put on (in the bed next to us) and she chose pink. =0) Audrey explained to the girl that pink casts hurt and that's why she chose something different. It was a cute moment. At least for a me- as her mother.
For the first 30 minutes or so Audrey refused to straighten her leg. Once we were home and she had the walker she's gotten a little more comfortable with the idea, and has even put a little weight on it. I am very excited for the progress she is making. I figure after this week I'll put her back in school. The Dr. doesn't want her putting a lot of weight on it for a week, so we'll have one last week of "taking it easy" and then we get back to reality.
Today has really been one of the best in a long time.
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