The big day finally arrived...Jake got his cast removed! (Well, removed when it was SUPPOSED to be removed this time, hehe.) He now gets to wear his AFO boot, but is only allowed to bear 50% of his weight on it. He still has to use the crutches for the next several weeks.
Last week, Jake confessed that he thought there was something down his cast. A LEGO. He constructed a gadget with pieces of a clothes hanger and zip-ties to try to remove it. Unfortunately, he couldn't get around his ankle bone to reach the other side of the LEGO and pull it up. It wasn't causing him much pain, so he opted to wait it out until our scheduled appt. We were eager to see which piece it was.
And I'm sure some of you are wondering how a 12 year old accidentally gets a LEGO down his cast. I know I did. But if you visualize a kid sitting on the floor, cross-legged, surrounded by the LEGOs he's playing with...and then he goes to stand up, brushing the top opening of the cast against the ground as he pulls himself up...it's easy to see how a LEGO could slide in there, unnoticed until it is too late to retrieve it.
The ortho tech, working his magic with the cast saw
Jake reminding him of where the incisions are
The big reveal...
And there it is...growing into the side of his leg. Nasty, I know. Sorry about that. You can still see the surgeon's initials on top of his foot. (He signed it the day before surgery to mark which foot would be operated on. In this case, it really didn't matter, we just randomly picked a foot to start with.) Now to scrub that leg...ewww!!!
And just FYI...here's the AFO. It is custom molded for his foot, and will only allow forward motion, not side-to-side...so the bone graft can heal correctly. Here we go with phase two!
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I have to say that's hysterical! But what an ordeal he's been through. I'm sure you're not looking forward to phase 2!
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