Fourth Sets of Casts (Week 4)

So each morning before we head out to get his casts changed we have to soak his casts in a bath for 15mins to loosen the wrappings and then we cover his casts with socks and drive to the hospital... this is so little Joe isn't traumatized by cast cutters and the nurses just can just unwrap the casts. Anyway basically we have to fill the bath really deep and then hold him in the bath until the time is up - SORE ARMS needless to say. So today I decided to try a different approach. I guarantee I will get major smack from Little Joe later in life about this but he loved every minute of it. 

Our fourth week of casts. His right foot is ready to have the tendonectomy but his left foot is still not coming all the way round that they would like. He needs to be able to bring his foot around 70 degrees which they can do with his right foot but his left foot is only at about 45 degrees. We knew that his left foot was a bit stiffer than his right and so it means a couple more weeks of casting which is fine. We will be saying prayers this week that his left foot loosens up a lot more otherwise he might have to have a surgery on his foot to loosen the tendons on the side of his foot so it can come around. I really don't want him to have more surgery than needed but I know that no matter what it will be okay.