Club Foot Casting & 10 Pound Babies!
Yesterday we went in for Olivia's 4th casts for her club foot and they weighed her in at 10 lbs! That's a 2.5 lb gain since she was born :) I cannot believe it was 3 weeks ago that we went in for our "consult" that turned into her first casting appointment. Time goes so quickly with a little one.
We were not aware that Olivia was going to be born with clubbed feet. In all of her ultrasounds her little feet were either crossed or straight out so they could not tell. It was also fairly mild so the focus was always on the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
Our first appointment with the Dr. OthroSurg (who is AMAZING!) was supposed to be a consult. We were going in to see what she thought, how severe the club foot was and what our choices were for next steps. While we were there she looked at my SO and myself and said "We could go ahead with the first casts today." WHAT?!?! I was so not prepared for that. I wanted to know what my options were, evaluate them, determine what really was the best for Olivia and then proceed forward. So much of what we have dealt with has been out of our control I just wanted one thing I could make a decision on dang it! Apparently it was not going to be the therapy for her clubbed feet. So they left us alone for a few minutes to make the decision about casting that day or coming back next week. There is no real different so we decided to just get it knocked out.
They took Olivia into the casting room (same room for all casts, clubbed foot, broken bones, etc) and she was so calm. Throughout everything she has been such a rockstar. So calm and friendly and even (dare I say it) happy! The child next to us was SCREAMING bloody murder but Olivia just kept calm. She looked around and took everything in around her. She made direct eye contact with Dr. OrthoSurg multiple times so we have to assume she was extremely comfortable with her.
Then they started casting. Olivia sat there not really moving and kind of looking like she enjoyed the "baby massage". (For those that have not been through any sort of casting process - it is the same for clubbed foot as well as a broken arm - it involves nice warm water and lots of rubbing so she was kind of in heaven! Haha.)
Mom cried. Tears were streaming down my face. It killed me to see the casts being put on my little bitty baby. She has already been through so much and one more thing was terrifying to me. Dr. OrthoSurg promised me that she would not be in pain or have any development issues with the casts. Knowing all of that it still killed me.
Now here we are 3 full weeks later and Olivia has no issues with her casts. She has grown a bit out of each one but has actually started using her casts to crawl. She needs something to push off of but she realizes the power in those bad boys and uses them. I think she kind of loves them now. Haha.
Olivia is my inspiration and my joy! :D
BE HAPPY. LAUGH. ENJOY CHAOS.
We were not aware that Olivia was going to be born with clubbed feet. In all of her ultrasounds her little feet were either crossed or straight out so they could not tell. It was also fairly mild so the focus was always on the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
Our first appointment with the Dr. OthroSurg (who is AMAZING!) was supposed to be a consult. We were going in to see what she thought, how severe the club foot was and what our choices were for next steps. While we were there she looked at my SO and myself and said "We could go ahead with the first casts today." WHAT?!?! I was so not prepared for that. I wanted to know what my options were, evaluate them, determine what really was the best for Olivia and then proceed forward. So much of what we have dealt with has been out of our control I just wanted one thing I could make a decision on dang it! Apparently it was not going to be the therapy for her clubbed feet. So they left us alone for a few minutes to make the decision about casting that day or coming back next week. There is no real different so we decided to just get it knocked out.
They took Olivia into the casting room (same room for all casts, clubbed foot, broken bones, etc) and she was so calm. Throughout everything she has been such a rockstar. So calm and friendly and even (dare I say it) happy! The child next to us was SCREAMING bloody murder but Olivia just kept calm. She looked around and took everything in around her. She made direct eye contact with Dr. OrthoSurg multiple times so we have to assume she was extremely comfortable with her.
Then they started casting. Olivia sat there not really moving and kind of looking like she enjoyed the "baby massage". (For those that have not been through any sort of casting process - it is the same for clubbed foot as well as a broken arm - it involves nice warm water and lots of rubbing so she was kind of in heaven! Haha.)
Mom cried. Tears were streaming down my face. It killed me to see the casts being put on my little bitty baby. She has already been through so much and one more thing was terrifying to me. Dr. OrthoSurg promised me that she would not be in pain or have any development issues with the casts. Knowing all of that it still killed me.
Now here we are 3 full weeks later and Olivia has no issues with her casts. She has grown a bit out of each one but has actually started using her casts to crawl. She needs something to push off of but she realizes the power in those bad boys and uses them. I think she kind of loves them now. Haha.
Olivia is my inspiration and my joy! :D
BE HAPPY. LAUGH. ENJOY CHAOS.
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