....It seems like a lifetime ago that Maisie was wearing her Hip Spica Cast, and the way it dominated hers and our lives in simple everyday activities. This has all now changed and we are focused on life without a Hip Spica. For now Maisie's Spica chair has been put away, we do plan on letting her use it again, when her leg is staying straight all the time, and we want to make the seat a bit softer.....
....Maisie saw her surgeon today, who is impressed with the standing and movement that Maisie has re-learnt herself to do in such a short space of time. She did all her checks on Maisie and gave us some light physio to do on Maisie during nappy changes - she did want it done at bath time too, but I told her we cannot keep Maisie still in the bath, she shuffles herself up and down the bath the whole time she is in it, which the surgeon was fine with. She now wants to see Maisie again in 4 weeks time. I also asked her about Maisie splint as it keeps getting loose and we did not know if it was right that it did that, but that Alan has been tightening it to keep it like it was when we first got it. Maisie's surgeon did not know anything about this, as it was the plaster technicians who deal with them and that we should give them a ring and speak to them about it as they can best advise...
....For the first week after Maisie's cast was removed she did very little if anything at all. It is now 2 weeks & 5 days since the cast was removed and Maisie is now able to walk pushing the push along walker, she has a huge limp, and she walks with her right foot flat on the floor, with the left only on her toes!! Things are finally starting to change for the better. I can dress Maisie so she looks like a "normal" baby again....
Steph xxxx
