Hi everyone!
Well the time has flown and the plaster is off!!!!
DD ended up with the spica on for five weeks - it came off a week earlier than expected, which was an absolute bonus. Her hip is now stable and she's in the brace which we can take off for bathtime. We have a follow up with the surgeon in six weeks. She's loving not having the spica on, it came off yesterday, and she's made the most of swinging her legs from knee down. I've certainly loved being able to hug her, and the lightness of her again!
I just wanted to write to everyone about to go through this or is in the middle of all of this. Please don't despair. It's awful and heavy, but once its off, you look back and go, wow, we dealt with all of that. I am so proud of my darling baby, who turns five months old tomorrow. I have a huge amount of respect for her patience and just her nature, she didn't let this bother her. I was petrified that she would revert into herself, but she did the opposite - I had the only shouting, laughing baby in the doctor's waiting room! She learned how to blow raspberries, she laughed when she was tickled and she always smiles at strangers, with bigger grins for those she recognises. And all of this started with the cast on.
So now, even though the brace is on for 23 out of 24 hours, I can't wait to see what it will be that she will learn next.
Anyone going through this - keep calm, get as much advice from people going through this as you can, and know that the end of it all will come qucker than you think.
Corelly xx
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