Then, crutching to the car he tripped on a cat who thought his crutches was just the greatest toy ever.... DANG CAT! To save himself from completely wiping out, since I was just out of arms' length, he had to put his casted foot down. He shrieked, probably more from fear than pain, but did catch himself and was able to prevent anything too bad from happening. He was beyond disgusted with the kitten!
Lets just say if he could have caught it after, we'd have 2 cats now and not 3.
Anyway, I got him to school and settled without further incident, so I was expecting a good day. I did give the teacher our cell numbers (I know the school has it, but I wanted it super handy - because I'm a paranoid mom) but wasn't suprised that she didn't call.
I picked him up a little early to avoid the stampede in the halls, and he was smiling the whole way home telling me about his day.
Awesome! I couldn't be happier!
Last Friday was actually the first day back though; his class went on a field trip. I guess I had my days wrong because I had been convinced he missed it the day he was getting his cast.
Anyway, the big reunion happened there - all the kids (girls) fussed over him, signed his cast, and he was able to participate in most things. I had called ahead to make sure the Museum they were going to had wheelchairs so he wouldn't have to crutch all day. They actually offered me a choice between a golf cart and a wheelchair, but I didn't want to lift him in and out of the golf cart; pushing the chair was hard enough at times.
Luckily, I was able to tag along with some other parents that were hugely helpful. I went in with the attitude that I didn't expect help so it wouldn't make the day harder on anyone else, but when the offers came and my hands and back ached, I was soo thankful for it! There were a few things that he needed to either be carried out of the wheelchair for, or I needed help popping the front wheels over, and they were more than willing to help.
The few things that Zach couldn't really do (the windmill, going into a church building that's wheelchair ramp was under water (& mud!) weren't that big of a deal. I gave him my camera and he played with that for those times.
All in all, I think Zach had a great day, so it was worth all the headaches of dealing with a wheelchair all day.
Surronded by all the girls in the groups we went with. At any given time, there was a girl on either side on the wheelchair.... so funny!
In the public school house. The back desk didnt have a seat attached, so it was perfect to wheel him up to.
Cast signing session at lunch break
One of Zach's pictures - I really like this one!
Petting zoo area
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