On Thursday of last week, Zach and I went in for another appointment about his cast. The dr felt good about taking it off and replacing it with a removable splint (whoo-hoo!). It's like the very first thing he had from the ER, but it goes on the front of his leg, which means there is no support for the bone; it's just a glorified shin pad really, held on with a tensor band. And it's only for if we're out and about - if he's watching tv, I don't bother putting it on him, nothing will hit his leg hard while he's sitting on the couch.
So, physically, Zach is cast free But mentally, is a little more complicated for him. I guess because his leg is so weak, it feels different and he swears he needs the crutches. Really, if you thought he had little chicken legs before, you wont believe how much "chickenier" his one leg got!. So even though I've explained countless times that the more walking he does, the more normal it will feel again.
But, keep in mind, this is Zach, everything takes time with him when he's got his mind made up about it differntly.
He's quite quick with the crutches, so I think he prefers them just because walking takes so much longer now. And he limps quite badly walking; almost like a hop even.
I am still super excited that the cast is gone though! And like the crutches (which I fought tooth and nail to get him on and was convinced he'd never master, but with time he's become a pro), walking comfortably will happen again slowly for him.
So - no more pictures of Zach in a cast! I'm not even going to post one of the splint because in 2 days it's garbage too.
Life can hopefully start to get back to normal soon:)
Swimming! So glad they'll get to have a 'normal' summer yet! We really noticed that with one brother out of commission, the other was pretty bored too.
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