Yes, that's right. . .we're making progress! Last night, Sophie went to sleep with only about 15 minutes of diva fuss beforehand. YAY!! She woke up this morning at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30; however, unlike the screams of death that I would have heard for the past week or so, there were some whimpers which quickly stopped after the diaper was changed, sassy was replaced, or she was tucked back in. At 6:30, though, Jack was awake, too, and craved a cuddle with his sister; we did wake her up at that point. She may be tired today but - knock on wood - it looks like the worst is over!!!! Hallelujah!
Sophie had her follow up appointment with Dr. Piehl, our orthopaedist, yesterday and things are looking good. I posted her newest XRay above. If you look closely, you can see the pins on her left hip (Dear Reader, your right) that are holding the cadaver bone in place. Cool! Ultimately, we'll have to get those taken out; however, right now, things are looking really great. Her incision is healing nicely and we've decided to fore go the covering for now as long as she isn't picking at it. The incision site is quite large; Jack saw it this morning and thought it was "a bad boo boo." He wanted to know how long it would be around and we talked about the fact that Sophie would always have a scar. Hopefully it will fade some but at least it can be covered by a bathing suit in the summer. No cropped shirts for the B! : )
The D-Day for cast removal is January 5. Once she gets her cast off, Sophie will be able to go back to school with her regular wheelie. Yesterday, they trimmed the cast a little but last night it had already slipped down again. Who knew that a cast will slide down and move around as she wiggles?? I think at this rate, we're soon going to have the bar down at her ankles. . .or her feet will just slide right out. I think she'd be fine with that! She's so funny; she's now figured out how to make us laugh by lifting her right foot/leg up and waving it around. She thinks it's really hysterical. She did another Pilates move last night: "Rolling Like a Ball" was utilized so that she could continue holding on to her bar between casts as Mom made her quit sitting up and lie back on the pillows. She was thrilled with her brilliance. We all are!
Much love.
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