Casts On...Casts Off...Braces On...Here we go!

Trying to crawl with my casts on.Waiting to see the doctor.

Casts off! Straight little feet!
Hey! I can feel my leg (her foot was red & swollen yesterday, but it had gone away by this morning. )
Look Mom! No Casts!Smiling at the cute girl in the mirror! My new braces.

From casts on yesterday morning to casts off by 10:30 am. Fitted for braces at 11:00...on the road home by noon. Straight little feet! Hooray! The doctors are pleased with the outcome of Caleigh's surgery & everything looks good to go, so we're onto the braces now. (which are really just shoes, laced up pretty tight, with a bar connecting them so her feet stay in a corrective position). She can have them off 3 times per day for 30 min. each time to stretch & so that we can check for any pressure points/blisters/skin irritations. This will be for about 3 months & then they will be off all day & on for 12 hours each night until she is 3 or 4 years old. The nature of club feet is to revert back to their original position, so correction is necessary for quite some time to avoid that. Anywho, the castings seemed to fly by so I hope that this period of bracing does as well. For now, she's not a happy camper; last night was 'fitful', but no hysterical crying as she did with the castings when we first got them on, so I am hopeful for her as far as her comfort level. Here are some pictures from the past 2 days....