Quick Update

I just wanted to add a quick update on Samantha's doctor's appointment today. We got up and out of the house on time this morning, but Starbucks was slow so we were still late for the appointment by 5 or 10 minutes. It wasn't a big deal because they were not ready for us yet anyway.

They removed the old pink cast. Samantha hates this part - to make it worse the waterproof lining stuck to the incision and a scab came off with it. My normally sweet child from the past year disappeared this morning. She let the cast tech have it and then pretty much melted down when she was told she had to move into another room and have it x-rayed.

She hates seeing the incision - but her reaction was more along the lines of someone resisting torture. She has been thru so many situations that were harder than today that everyone was taken aback. I think even Samantha was surprised at her reaction. But we worked thru it thanks to some calm voices and an extra sheet to cover the site.

Then Dr. Heare came in to look - there is still one spot (where the scab came off) that is a bit juicy - so no swimming for a while. But he removed the staples and rubber band (being used to stretch her skin). Needless to say, Samantha was a bit upset with him as well.

He let us know that the ankle fusion was almost totally healed and that at the shin - there was some new bone popping up connecting the healthy bone to the cadaver bone.

Samantha wrapped up the visit getting a neon orange casts with neon green stripes. I would post a picture, but Sam is at the Rockies game tonight. So that will have to wait until tomorrow.

All in all - after the brief drama - Samantha managed the discomfort without any additional pain meds (she is off all of them except for an occasional Advil). I am proud of her. I can only imagine how hard it must be to be reminded of the hard times of the past year when she is feeling so well and getting back to normal.

I am signing off for now - it is getting late and I want to have a bit of down time to enjoy the rain before heading off to bed. Take care - all our love to George and his family!

Love to everyone!