Castoff. Finally!

So Shaun's cast(s) is finally out of our lives forever.  It only took 3 visits to accomplish this.  Ugh.  Three days.  Three 45 minute, one way drives.  Three antsy kids tagging along.  I'm so glad that last week is over!  

When we went C.H. Martin's, the company who made Shaun's brace last Thursday, they didn't have any boots in his size.  So... the cast had to stay on one more day.  Jeff, who has been making AFO braces for Shaun since he was not even a year old, had to make a different plan.  He took the cast off.  Measured for an AFO.  Then duct taped the cast back on in hopes that it would last just one more day.

Seriously, he used duct tape.  It really can be used for everything.  He asked his assistant to bring him some and she laughed.  He had to tell her he was serious.  Ha!

After this creation, he put a rush on Shaun's AFO and made it overnight.  There's always a waiting list at C.H. Martin.  We've never gotten a brace in less than two weeks.  So Jeff really bent over backwards to take care of Shaun.  Like I said, he's been taking care of him since he was a baby and he goes to church with us too.  It's nice to have that relationship with the professionals who take care of your kids.  

The next day, on Friday, the kids and I went BACK to Suwanee.  We were worked in for our appointment, so someone new helped us.  Jordan kept eyeing a set of parallel bars and asked what they were for.  The guy helping us explained that in addition to making braces, he also makes prosthetic legs and those bars are used to help people learn to walk on their new legs.  Of course, Jordan asked what a prosthetic leg was and the guy replied, "You know.  A fake leg.  Kinda like mine!". And he pulled up his pant leg to show off his prosthetic leg.  Jordan was mesmerized!  So mesmerized that he sat still for the whole appointment.  And we were finally able to throw that cast into the trash!

That skeletal foot in the background is what was left of Jordan when he wouldn't sit still.  Ha ha!  These appointments are always long.  Thankfully we had a big room so Violet could walk around.  And Jordan was so, SO good after that leg incident!

Shaun's had a little trouble with his brace.  It's always hard when he gets a new one, and it doesn't offer as much support as the cast. It's slowed him down a little, but we were expecting this.  He wants to wear it because he doesn't want to have surgery again.  And it has a Bulldog on it, so it's a good conversation piece.  :)