Josh had his follow up appointment with the orthopaedic surgeon yesterday and the cast came off. They x-rayed his foot and found that one of the bones is 50% healed and the other is 75%. The doc gave me the option of re-casting it or going with a boot and since the boot would have had to be put on within two weeks anyway I opted for the boot. He's still using the wheelchair at school and getting the hang of using a crutch around home but gradually we're going to gradually build up the amount of time we let him use the foot to avoid sore muscles. In about two weeks he can use the boot regularly and then he has another follow up appointment in three weeks.
Since the boot has velcro I'm afraid he'll try to take it off - Mr. Destructo likes to play with anything and everything! We've got some cable ties ready if he needs them to lock it in place! But for now we're trusting him with it since he wasn't used to taking it off when he had the cast, plus he's been told that only me or Papa or the school nurse can take it off and we've emphasized that if he starts goofing around with it too much he could hurt the foot again and end up back in the cast and it'll take even longer to get back to doing normal things. Chris is looking forward to getting him back to ice hockey but he's looking forward to riding his bike again.
Dima's been sick with a cold these past few days so he was home from school Monday and Tuesday and I had to take him with us to get Josh's cast off; while Josh was laughing and saying that it tickled Dima was freaking out about the little saw they used to get the cast off. So, since his cold seemed better this morning he was back to school today with a little bit of sniffling hoping to be fully recovered on Friday when his class goes to the Franklin Institute.
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