Today's Visit

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Hi All - Hayden went for his second casts today and it went really

well, even better than I had hoped. Dr. Pirani looked at both of his

feet and then informed me that the right is fully corrected - after

JUST ONE CAST! He said it is ready for the tenotomy, but we now have

to wait for the left to catch up first, so it will be in maintenance

casts until then (most likely the end of the month). He said we may

have to figure out why the left is so far behind the right because

they shouldn't be that asymmetrical. In the meantime, while he is

away in Uganda for two weeks, we will be in the hands of his trusty

assistant and then I am really hoping that the appointment we have

with Dr. Pirani on the 29th will be " the one " . I am very nervous

about it, but at the same time I want to get to that point because

it's another milestone in Hayden's treatment.

Hayden was pretty good for the visit. He got a little fussy so I

nursed him to sleep and then we got started. Unfortunately my hubby

called on the cell right then and he woke up and got kind of irate for

the first part of the first cast. I told Dr. P that it was still not

the kind of crying he did at " the other place " and that I could handle

a little bit of it. He very delicately told me that even though how I

feel is important, it really wasn't about me - lol! He said that he

wants to know if Hayden is crying because he is hurting him or

pressing too hard or if he is just mad at being held onto. I said

that since he calmed down fairly quickly, it was probably the latter

as he was quite happy afterwards.

So here we are. I am so glad I made the change and it was good to see

such quick results. Dr. P said he was very pleased with the right

foot. Yay!