I watched Amy sleeping this morning, reluctant to wake her. Once again, she was Schrodinger’s baby. Would her leg hurt? Or would she be comfortable to get up and walk? If I didn’t wake her, then she was both and neither at the same time. Only one way to find Read more…
Baby it’s cold outside! Today were getting a new brace, and Amy is having a good day as far as pain is concerned. I’m nervous about what’s going to happen, but she’s excited to get a new brace and new shoes today! (Good Lord! Shoe shopping. ?) We have no idea Read more…
Well, we made it to the 19th- sorta. Would you believe that this morning, the non-slip bit was coming off AGAIN??? Anyways, today we saw Carly again- who was super understanding about the massive accident on the freeway that made us late. She attached another non-slip surface to the bottom Read more…
Brace #8 today, and it looks great, and is another new design! Look at this print! Scooby looks AWESOME! I was pretty surprised- I expected him to be a lot smaller, and the pattern busier. But Amy is happy, so I am as well. I really, really like our new Read more…
So here we go again! This is Carly, Amy’s new orthotist. (5th time is a charm!) Within 2 minutes, we knew she was a better fit. After looking at the last two braces, she decided it was best to remake the brace. She shook her head a lot at the Read more…
The alternate title of this post could be “The Moronic Orthotist Who Obviously Hates My Baby” *sigh* Anyways… Today we got brace #7! I was surprised to see we had (yet another!) new brace design- since I was ridiculously specific about every aspect of the brace I wanted… But hey! Read more…
Amy had her cast removed today. It was extra traumatic because not only did they cut the cast off (which is always horrible) but he didn’t take a break halfway though. I’ve never seen anyone not take a break think the saw got hot and may have burned her a Read more…
Hanging out at Hanger while attempting to get her brace fixed. Looks like we’re going to try and just cut it back the foot portion, and hope for the best.
Guess who got a new brace today? (Brace #6!) This one is kinda back to the old design. It’s (finally!) tall enough, and the front piece is riveted on, so it can’t be misplaced. That’s kinda cool! Fitting it was ROUGH. Amy was super non-cooperative, kicking all over, complaining “IT’S. Read more…
I haven’t really been happy with Amy’s new brace for many reasons, but most were somewhat nitpicky. Two were not. First, the looooong foot plate. Unsurprisingly, after 11 days, she managed to snap that sucker right off, leaving a dangerous point. (I had that cut and sanded off.) Second, it’s Read more…