Problem

Last night as Gracie was trick or treating - after about an hour - I noticed she had changed her gait in a BAD way. Up on the toes even tho she was casted. She told me it was because her feet were tired. So from that point on I carried her. When she woke up this morning she complained that her cast hurt her.

Well, the rule is to get it off if it hurts. So she missed school, went to traffic court for my son's ticket (accident - old story), and we headed down to Childrens leaving messages all the way.

We got a chilly reception from the front desk person who informed us we could have just got it cut off in the Emergency Room. I know this but I wanted it put back on. She also told me Mary wasnt in and Brigid was in clinic so apparently this was a problem. She paged Brigid who came up and asked us to return in an hour as she would be free from clinic then.

We had lunch down at Aloha Grill which was a nice fast food place with healthy choices (or not so healthy choices depending on your mood) and really nice staff. Then headed back. Issac cut her cast off and we did find a puffy red area near where she pointed out the pain. This was due to a combination of having reached neutral and the trick or treating. We were told to use Motrin to help the pain, still do the practice walking (which I am proud to say we got the entire hour in over a couple of sessions once we got home) and skip the strength ones for today.

Brigid recast her with Issac's assistance and we were out of there by 2:15.

Three lessons:
1. Trust your child's judgement until she/he teaches you differently.
2. Its better to be embarressed that you might have brought them in for no reason at all then it is to be embarressed that you didnt take care of the problem when you had a chance.
3. Dont let the front desk person affect you because she/he might have other issues going on and you just happen to be there at the time.



My snaggle-toothed wonder - recasted: