Yesterday was the big day for Calob. He got his cast off. He has been looking forward to being "normal" (ha) again and getting the cast off is a good start. I don't know if he'll ever be normal (this IS Calob we're talking about here) but if not having a cast helps, then I'm all for it.
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The nurse sawing the cast off
Calob concentrating on the saw.
Almost there!
I don't know if you can really see it in this picture but the hair on his arm is sticking straight up after getting the cast off. It was pretty funny & made Calob laugh. You can also see all the dead skin ... ewwwwwww!
A cast with no arm.
Here is Calob once we were home. Can you see the deformity?!? It's pretty evident but the orthopedist said he thought it would go away over time. Maybe not entirely but at least some. I hope so. It's not a big deal but I didn't expect it to be SO obvious.
Calob is now trying to get used to moving his wrist again. It sounds simple but I guess when you've been in a cast for 6 weeks it's a little funky to move it freely. He was able to take a shower last night with NO bags, tape or rubber bands ... what a relief. It'll be a few days before the dead skin has worked its way off (he's not supposed to scrub it) and then he'll be good to go. He can't do P.E. until November 10th but once that day is here I know Calob will be celebrating. Back to "normal" again!
5 comments:
That is fantastic. Yay Calob! Normal at last...
Exciting!! Congratulations Calob! It feels good to get the cast off but scary too!
I'm not sure how I feel about him being normal now we kinda liked the non-normal Calob!
*squick* (that's the sound my stomach just made) I can SO see the deformity. I pray that that doc knows what he's talking about and the deformity does go away. YIPES!
Thank goodness Calob was able to cast off his cast! ;)
Life will be much more fun now that it's over, and I think the deformity will go away.
Yay for getting the cast off! I bet it felt great to him!
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