No Fixator! No Cast! Her leg is FREE!!!

We saw Dr. Scott today and he liked Mary's knee, how well her bone looks, and how she was "walking" so he set her leg FREE!

He just wants us to get a resting brace for her to wear at night to hold the range of motion in her ankle.

His only instructions were Do Not Fall! He explained she is not like an eggshell but still doesn't want any major injury.

He would love for her to use a deep hot tub to walk around and work on her posture. He said not to measure the length gained yet because it takes time for the posture to work itself out to see the length gained. He also said it will probably take a year to regain the lost muscle.

He added there is no reason her foot should turn in, it's muscle memory. She always stands with her shorter leg on her right foot. She needed to when there was such a difference but now she just has to break the habit.

Mary had her heart set on a red and white striped cast like a candy cane so she was a little disappointed she wasn't getting a new cast. All three of us were surprised we walked out with nothing (no fixator, no cast, no nothing) on her leg. Literally, we didn't even think to bring a sock or shoe!

We tried to go shopping tonight for a shoe but her foot was too sensitive she couldn't put a tennis shoe on her foot. 

Cast was so thick it was hard to cut off- makes sense why it never cracked even though they had made a window in it

Daddy trying to clean her leg

initial unveiling

 

Trying to take advantage of having the cast off before we knew she wouldn't be getting another one on

New growth just has a small indention still 

All of the other marks are from the 6 pins she had in her bone

Leaving with just a cast "sock" on since we didn't bring a sock or shoe for the poor girl!

Our version of a deep hot tub :-)

Tadah! Length will look better once her posture has had time to correct