Cast Change

Today Cecilia got a new cast. They had to put her under anesthesia again so they could cut it off and check out her hip and recast her. Essentially the only reason they do this is because she grows so fast that she outgrows the cast in 6 weeks. Everything went really well. The doctor checked her hip and said it looked really good. It doesn't move out of the socket now and just needs more time for everything to grow and solidify. Shaun and I were really happy to hear that. Hopefully that means this is the only time we will have to do this.

The cast is very similar except we have about another inch of her body. She still has the cast to the ankles and a bar in between. We expected as much so weren't disappointed when we saw her. In fact I feel we were prepared for today and knew what to expect on several things, her cast size and shape, how to handle her, the fact that she would wake up from anesthesia angry and how to deal with it, and we knew that the surgery would go well and everything would be fine. I didn't even cry this time, which is pretty amazing given the wreck I was last time. Cecilia also didn't cry nearly as long this time and played when we got home. She also took a 4 hour nap and went to bed on time. I'm hopeful that her sleeping won't be disturbed too much this time and she will adjust quickly. A lot of people in the HipBaby group say cast changes are hard. We'll see...

On another note, Cecilia initiated her cast this afternoon with a blowout of the century (as Shaun says). Apparently anesthesia gives babies diarrhea. When Shaun got her up from her 4 hour nap there was poop everywhere. And when I say everywhere I mean everywhere inside a cast poop can get, it was there. Then to add insult to injury Cecilia peed while Shaun was cleaning it up. Poop and pee all over our bed. The new cast didn't even make it 6 hours. UGH! Seriously though she hasn't had that much poop and runny poop at that, well, ever I think. Here is a picture after the first round of cleanup.

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Yes, it takes up a whole grocery bag! This child smells worse today than she did after 6 weeks of the last cast!!! Tomorrow we will do round 2 of the cleanup and try to reach places we couldn't reach before. But 2 hours of wiping the cotton liner was enough for today.

Here is Shaun and Cecilia waiting to be taken back to the surgery room.

and the last picture of the old cast.