Cast Off!!

Feb. 25, 2008 Matthew got his casts off. Wow! The six weeks went by fast. He was such a good boy and never complained. People had warned me that they would itch and he would be uncomfortable. But he never complained! (After the first couple of days.) He was excited to get his casts off. Boy were they ready to come off. We had them duct taped in a couple different placs because they were falling apart. And they were stinky!! Once the cast were off it took him a couple days to get use to walking without the casts. He had stiff ankles and there were new muscles to train. He has never walked flat footed so it is different to see him be able to walk with his heels on the ground. He shrunk a couple inches. But he is doing great. He has the walking down pretty good. He is trying hard.