Cast Day #2

Eli had his second casting today. The wait at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta was much longer than it was last week; the waiting room was quite full with parents and children. Since this has not been the status of that waiting room in the past, I'm assuming some of the patients were transplanted due to Hurrican Katrina... There were several posts on the clubfoot/Ponseti page over the past few weeks from parents looking for 'replacement' doctors due to unexpected relocation. We're pretty lucky all we have to do is drive 20 minutes to see a doctor for Eli.

I've posted some pictures of Eli's feet so everyone can track his progress along with us. He fussed when the casts were removed, and again when they were put back on, but he did keep his legs somewhat straight for the doctor to manipulate when replacing the casts. My guess is he didn't realize he had full mobility again. His feet looked great; already a huge improvement. Eli has been frustrated since we got home, but less so than last week when the first casts were in place. Hopefully he'll take less time to adjust this week.