Bye Bye Cast!

The cast is gone!!! Finally, after 6 long weeks, Kaiden is cast-free. He is slowly but surely re-learning how to walk like a normal kid. Right now, his gait resembles that of a pirate with a wooden leg.

The whole cast-removal procedure was quite traumatic this go-round -- I'm not exactly sure why. (He's had enough practice...) Our regular doctor had the day off, so his partner - also a good friend of mine - did the dirty deed. The cast saw is harmless to skin, but is really noisy and cuts by vibration, so I guess I can understand why he freaked out so much. I'm sure the patients in nearby rooms thought we were cutting his leg off. You could probably hear him screaming at the entrance to the clinic! Nevertheless, we survived, and the x-rays look good. We're crossing our fingers that this is his last cast for a long while!