Come a long way Baby!

It was nice to look at pictures and realize how far we have come.
  

Day 1 back on May 10


It's also nice to acknowledge what's behind us:

• pin site cleanings
• infections
• less looks in public

The other exciting thing is Mary wore her regular school uniform last week. She was wearing long skirts I made her to help keep the pin sites clean- not sure if they worked too well since she had several infections- oh well! Mary was able to wear jeans on Saturday so I went through her closet and removed all of the modified clothing and put her regular clothes back.


1st time wearing her normal uniform: 11/15/12

 

able to wear jeans over her cast 11/17/12

Mary got her knee to 0 degrees at PT on Thursday! I was too slow with the camera to catch the truly excited look on Mary's face. This is monumental. At one point she was at -20. Now that she can get it to 0 degrees her Physical Therapist said she will progress quickly once the cast is off.

Picture from 8/23/12 measuring -20 degrees

Picture from 11/15/12 FINALLY measuring 0 degrees. This photo isn't from the actually measuring time but I think it shows the gist.

 Typical to our whole fixator experience, things come up. Mary's heel was "burning" under her cast the first night home so she was off to the doctor the next day. He said it was a "hot spot" and they created a window. She has been comfortable ever since except for the normal itching that goes along with a cast.

The cast may "crack" at some point because of the window but he didn't want to give her a brand new one yet since she was under and he was able to get her foot in the position he wanted her foot at the hospital.

making the window

window