It’s really been 13 months, but I think this picture says a lot. One thing in particular our son gained, when he lost use of his leg, was strength in his upper body.
Crawling around in a spica cast for over 2 months will do that. He was active in gymnastics before the break, and was eager to get back to it. We never discouraged his activity and as it turns out, he really built a lot of upper body strength from having the cast.
I took this photo today at the park – March 16th. Exactly 13 months after he had the cast put on. He can do a handstand, cartwheel, obviously the rings as well.
Tickling doesn’t stand a chance of him losing his grip and in fact, his core muscles are stronger than ever. So there really was something good that came out of the ordeal!
Tags: spica cast
March 17, 2009 at 8:20 am |
What a honey! I can’t believe it was a year/13 months ago already. I still cringe whenever my kids start jumping – I wonder if that will ever go away. And I rejoice when Brian runs – we just came in from a walk up to the neighbors and I caught myself again – marveling as he ran back home. It’s interesting how our harder experiences in life are the ones that teach us to be even more thankful for what we do have.
April 9, 2009 at 10:10 am |
My son broke his leg March 21, first day of spring. He is 21 months old. He fractured his femur when our black lab knocked him down the stairs. He is getting used to the spica cast, and is beginning to crawl around after toys and roll over, just this morning! We are three weeks into the cast. He will have the short half removed April 28, and another 2-3 weeks after that, the long half will be removed! He has turned into a big couch potato, but still enjoys drawing and coloring and puzzles and blocks and his Little People Nascar Raceway. He has adapted much better than my husband and I, that’s for sure. Nighttime has been difficult because he is not sleeping well. Diapering has been interesting, but we are now pros at it. For anyone whose child is constipated following the spica cast, our doctors told us to give him miralax daily to keep him regular, and it really does work! I am hanging in there as best as I can, and am really looking forward to mid-may when he can play and do all the fun things he’s used to doing!