Ain't no stopping him now!

Mason's cast has been off for TWO WHOLE WEEKS and he hasn't been interested in walking until TODAY! It was like all of the sudden, he stood up, and off he went. He was very wobbly, and has a limp, but he had a smile on his face the whole time.

We arrived home from the grocery store around 11am, and I put him down in the living room, I went into the kitchen to start preparing him lunch and he followed me. Then, he just didn't stop! It was unreal! I'm so proud of him! I'm excited to say that he will be heading back to creche next week! His creche days are Tues, Thurs and Fri. I can't decide if I should wait until Thurs so he can get a bit stronger, or if I should send him on Tues... I guess we will see what the weekend brings! I'm over the moon.... A week ago I was scared he'd never walk again (obviously he would)... and now he's unstoppable! WHOOOO HOOOOO

Progress

It's almost been one week since Mason's spica cast was removed and he has been doing so well! We've even seen a personality difference- so much happier, and his vocabulary has changed as well- he's speaking in full sentences. He just seems so much happier all around! He's a new kid and we are so much happier as well! Even though he's not walking, it's nice to be able to carry him, hold him, bath him normally, etc. Life is so much easier sans the spica cast! As the doctor stated, he shouldn't bear weight on his leg for two weeks... It's been hard to keep him from crawling, and he keeps telling us how he wants to stand up, but we just try to distract him. He's been pulling himself up on furniture as well, which we have been trying to avoid! Oy, but how do you stop and almost two year old from being active?! SUGGESTIONS? Yeah, I don't think it's possible! We've been out and about every day since the spica was removed... we were both starting to get cabin fever! Lots of playdates, lots of swimming, going to the sand pit and playing in the sand, visiting creche, going to music, lots of walks (it's been in the high 60's here- such gorgeous weather!), and just enjoying being able to be somewhat mobile!

Here are a few highlights from the week!


First Babychino after the cast came off


Getting ready to go for a swim with daddy!



SWIMMING!


Eating dinner in a highchair!


Playing with my friends at creche!


Enjoying morning tea with my friends at creche!

A birthday song for me at music!!!

It's off!

Mason's spica cast is OFF! He has legs again... He can wear pants again, and best of all... I can hold him and carry him and cuddle him again! AHHHH BLISS!

We arrived at Cabrini at 7am, filled out some paper work and then were admitted around 7:30. By 8am, Mason was in the operating room getting his cast removed! They did more x-rays and everything looked great! The Dr. did however inform us that Mason should bear no weight on his leg for the next two weeks... We should continue to take it easy. This is going to be difficult, but not as hard as the past four weeks have been. At least since he isn't double his weight anymore, we can come and go as we please! By 8:45am mason was in recovery and by 9am was waking from the anesthetic. He was miserable when he woke and cried for about an hour. Finally he settled down, had lots to eat and drink and we were discharged at 11:15. When we arrived home, we gave him a bath and then he wanted to go to sleep. He slept from 12:15 to 3:30pm, and so did I!!! We took it easy when he woke up, but we really wanted to crawl, which I had to discourage. He did enjoying rolling around though! He ate, dinner, played some more, and then took another bath and went to sleep by 7pm! So nice to have my Mason back! looking forward to getting back into the swing of things over the next month!

Here are a few highlights from our day!


Waiting at the Cabrini Children's Center


All ready to go!


Daddy is ready too!


Finally, I can sit again!


Getting ready to take a bath and watching Roary the Racing Car on Mommy and Daddy's bed

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow, you're only a day away!

Well, the time has come... I can't believe it! Mason gets his cast off tomorrow! And.... the Doctor just called and they can take it off at 7am instead of 11am, which means we don't have to starve Mason in the morning! He has to fast, starting tonight at midnight... He will be sleeping already, and we will wake him up at about 6:15am, get him dressed and head for the hospital at 6:45am. He usually doesn't eat breakfast until 8:30am so he should be fine! I can't believe the day is almost here! We are soooooo excited! Funny, because when he woke up today, he smelt the worst yet... his urine is really starting to soak through the cast... and I all though as I walked in his room and smelled this awful stench was 'ONE MORE DAY'!

When we come home tomorrow, i'm going to soak him in the bath. I'm assuming we will be laying low all day as well. I will you everyone posted on Mason's walking progress... I'm assuming he won't want to walk tomorrow or have anything to do with moving on his own, but who knows. We look forward to taking him swimming on Friday morning! That should be great for his leg!

It's been FOUR weeks

It's been four weeks today since Mason broke his leg! Although it has been miserable, I can't believe have quickly it has gone. It seems like just yesterday we were sitting in the hospital waiting to get the x-ray results back. WOW! We are so excited that Mason gets his spica cast off on Thursday. Three sleeps and it's OFF! Buh-bye! We've been prepping Mason for the past few days and have been telling him that his cast comes off on Thursday. We tell him he will be able to walk again and he keeps saying 'no, no, fall down'. He remembers falling down at playgroup, as he does talk about it, but hopefully he will be confident enough and get on his feet right away! Of course, we aren't going to push him though... The doctor says lots of swimming, which we plan to do Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and just to let Mason walk and get comfortable at his own pace. So, that's what we are going to do! We want to thank everyone again for all of your support!

ONE WEEK!!!

Well, the countdown is on! Mason gets his spica cast off in one week from today! I can't believe the day will soon be here... It's felt like FOREVER!!!

I have one concern, but I'm not going to complain since this day is two weeks sooner than we thought it would be.... Mason is scheduled to be admitted into the hospital at 11am on Thursday, August 18th. Since he has to go under general anesthesia, he can't eat or drink all morning. Well, for those of you who know Mason, this is going to be a HUGE issue. Mason is always asking for a snack and I don't know how I'm going to distract him from eating from the time he wakes up at 8am till 11am.... HELP! Thankfully Mike has taken the morning off, so I won't be alone, but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

Nothing else to report. Heading to creche in the morning for Shabbat. Mason loves going in and seeing his friends!

I'm still in shock that this time next week Mason's spica cast will be GONE GONE GONE!

Nothing new to report... just counting down the days

Nothing new on this front... Just so happy that an end is in sight! It's Monday night here- it's been three weeks exactly since Mason broke his leg, and I'm so happy to report that we only have 10 more sleeps until this whole thing is behind us! We are over the moon that Mase will only be in his spica for four and a half weeks as opposed to six! ahhh... I can really breathe a sigh of relief!

Again, Mason has been such a trooper... I'm just so proud of him, his spirits and how well he has adjusted to this whole situation. I really need to learn from him. I'm the one who has been crying and he has been smiling! I hope he continues to treat these types of situations that he may encounter in the future like this!!!

We have continued to have friends over on a daily basis so we stay busy and Mason is entertained. He's been loving playing with his Bob the Builder toys and Thomas Trains... His scooter has become very popular as well! We have made it work and we are at the final stretch now! YAY!

Thanks again for all of your support!

Great News!

Well, today was the big day! It was Mason's first visit to the Doctor since he broke his leg. I was nervous all day long, so I knew we had to keep busy! We let Mason sleep until about 8:30am since his Doctors appointment was right during his nap time and knew that he would probably only take a cat nap in the car to the appointment. When we woke him, he ate brekky, and then we headed to creche for Shabbat at around 9:30am. We went last week too! Creche has been so amazing... they keep telling me to bring Mason in so he continues to see the kids and the kids see him in his cast. We arrived to Creche just in time for shabbat to start. We sang, did the prayers, ate challah, drank wine (grape juice), etc. He was so happy to be there! After the shabbat activities, Mason wanted to play outside with his friends in the sandbox... he could have played in the sand all day! We stayed till about 11am, and then headed home for lunch... Mason ate, scooted around on his scooter for a little bit, and then we headed to get Mike so we could go into the city for Mason's appointment. Mason dozed on and off in the car until we arrived at the doctor's office at 1:30. We went straight in for an x-ray. Mason was such a brave boy. He was looked at the BIG x-ray camera and we told him to smile, so he smiled the whole time... it was so cute!



After the technician took a few x-ray's we headed to the Doctors office and waited for a few minutes. Dr. Nattrass arrived and chatted to Mason for a bit, and then pulled up the x-ray's and was amazed how quickly Mason's spinal fracture was healing... He said that the x-rays look like there was hardly a break at all!!! He said that the cast could come off in two weeks! Mike and I were so relieved and excited to hear such amazing news! We chatted for a few about how Mason would need to be asleep to take the cast off, so we would be going back to Cabrini for the procedure. Dr. Nattrass said that at this young age it is quite traumatizing for this little kids to experience getting a full body cast taken off and they tend to wiggle a lot, so it's safest to put them out. We booked Mason in to get his cast removed on Thursday 18 August at 11am. 13 days from today and only 12 sleeps!!!

We also asked Dr. Nattrass about the recovery period and how long it would be until Mason would walk again. He told us it could take a few days or even weeks and that the worst thing we could do was to rush him. He said no physical therapy was recommended because he was too young and that the best therapy would be to go swimming! Thankfully Mason is a fish, so we will be taking full advantage of that! He also mentioned that Mase could have a limp for a few months and that this was COMPLETELY normal, and it WILL eventually go away. I'm most nervous about that!

I'm so happy that we actually have an end to this...I'm now counting down the days. I've been on such a high today since our visit to the Doctor! Dr. Nattrass has been unreal and we are so lucky that he was already working on someone else when we arrived at the hospital on Monday 18 July at 6pm with our poor little Mason who broke his femur! He has such amazing credentials and we are so blessed!

Let the countdown BEGIN!!!!

Tomorrow

I'm really anxious for tomorrow... Mason has his first follow up appointment since he broke his leg. We will be taking him to his Doctor at 2pm for some x-rays to see how he is healing. Tomorrow he will have been in his cast for two and a half weeks! I'm really hoping for a good report but i'm so nervous at the same time. Please keep your fingers crossed for us. Will keep everyone posted on Mason's status! Hopefully it's healing AMAZINGLY and we will only have two more weeks of this! PLEASE THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS!
Thank you!

THANK YOU

I just have to say THANK YOU... Thank you to EVERYONE who has been there to support us during this very challenging time! You know who you are- you've come to cook breakfast for us, brought us meals, leant us your pram, offered to babysit, been there for me to cry on your shoulder, offered support by just popping in to say hi with cookies, popped in to bring Mason a book or a toy, mailed us cards and other goodies from the states, just called to check in to see if we needed anything, etc.... the support has been above and beyond. I'm so thankful to have so many wonderful people in my life who are here to support us in good times and bad. That's what friends are for I guess! Oy, sounds like a Dionne Warwick song! HEHEHE

I know people break their legs all the time... It's common! But, when it's your toddler that simply just tripped over a curled rug and has been placed in a spica cast for six weeks, it's VERY daunting! I know that in three months from now, when we welcome the arrival of our new baby, this will all seem like years away (I hope at least), but right now it is consuming my life and I appreciate with all of my heart EVERYONE'S support! SO THANK YOU!