Castember is almost over!

Thankfully, the month of Castember is drawing to a close.  Liam had a rough go of it week one, but was rewarded with excellent news at his one week checkup.  We had an x-ray taken of his leg (through the cast) and it showed remarkable healing.  In fact, you couldn't even see where the fracture had been.  The doctor then gave us the greatest news of all:  the cast comes off a week early!  That means, as of tomorrow, the cast will be gone!!!! Yippppeeee!!!  The last 3 weeks have been a trial for us, and a test of wills as well.  Liam has come through all of this remarkably, complaining very little about the cast or any itching.  He has had his fair share of muscle cramping and pinches from the cast itself though.  He started walking around on the cast after 2 weeks and by the end of last weekend was going up and down the stairs with remarkable speed.  We also began taking him to the park after his x-ray showed good progress.  There is a small park nearby that Liam could navigate really well in.  We just slipped one of Patrick's big socks over the cast so he didn't get any debris inside, and off he went.   I even had to ask him to stop climbing up the side of the jungle gym the last time we went.  I am just not ready to explain any more injuries to the doctor right now...

This cast has seen better days!  It is cracked in  the back by the heel too.

Here is Liam's famous "monster walk" perfected by hobbling around on his cast.