8 weeks after the cast

It’s too bad the resolution on YouTube is so diminished; this is actually taken in HD but you’d never know it.  Regardless of the quality, here is a quick clip of him taken 8 weeks after his cast was taken off.

 

I was on the phone with my brother this morning, just chatting. We talked about that I had gone on an early morning run near my house, while he went for a walk near his. The conversation switched to friends from our hometown, family, etc.

A few minutes later he asked “how’s the walking going?”. I was confused; we had already talked about his walk this morning. No, he meant our son who 8 weeks earlier was in a spica cast. I told him the 8 weeks with the cast off following the 8 1/2 weeks that he had it on just flew by.

It’s not something that comes up in a regular conversation any more; I’m happy to say that most days it’s just a topic of something that happened in his past.

why I did…

Hey Melissa!

I had so many people asking questions specifically about broken legs and spica casts that I finally decided it would be easier just to put all my posts in one nice neat place – here.  It’s probably much easier for anyone who’s doing a search (because I’m pretty sure they don’t care about my running!).

He’s going to gymnastics tomorrow; it will only be his second time back.  He is so excited!  Part of me wants to say no way but the teachers all know what his situation is and the doctor assured us it was perfectly okay.  So we’re trusting all of them, which makes him happy!

down the stairs

One thing that happened this week (7 weeks after the cast in case you’re counting) is for the first time, he didn’t ask to be carried downstairs this morning.

Our typical morning routine involves me waking him up, escorting him to the bathroom, getting his teeth brushed and clean clothes on – and then downstairs to join the rest of the family (he’s the last one up).

Start to finish, that routine takes 5-10 minutes.  His legs haven’t typically had much of a chance to stretch out and is a bit unsure of his steps first thing in the morning.

Instead, this week he didn’t ask…and I didn’t offer…to carry him down the stairs.  He just trotted off on his own, just like he always used to do. 

6 1/2 weeks later

Just an update on his running.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpiIINujwFM