Bye bye spica cast!!!!

Elijah finally got his casts off!  The Dr.  kept telling me how much Elijah was not going to like it and how it would probably scare him.  Nope, Elijah was smiling and laughing the entire time!  The Dr.  also told us that he will be very sore after removing the cast.  So we gave Elijah a dose of Tylenol before the appointment and it really helped.  He even let the Dr.  move his legs around and do the exam that you normally have to go back to get!  He was very lucky he did not have many sores under the casts.  Only on his heels.  He does have very dry and scaly skin so we have to put a lot of lotion on him.   I was so surprised to see how spread apart his legs can be now when he is sitting!  Normally they are knees inward and overlapped.  Now it is the opposite.  He looks like a little frog!  He got to soak in the tub for the first time in 5 weeks and he really enjoyed that!  I haven't seen him so happy in so long.  He was also very thrilled to be back in his high chair and be able to feed himself his own food again.  When we got home from the Dr.  office he ate 2 hot dogs and a lunchable!!!  He is a little sore.  Mainly during the night.  He is trying to get into the crawling position but is not ready to stand yet. He kept his casts as souvenir and we will go to orthodics to have a brace made for him to wear during the night.  I really can't wait to see what kind of improvements this surgery will make!