Cast Off!

The cast came off last Wednesday, June 20th! And it was by far the happiest day in our house this summer. It must have been a mental thing because that to us felt like our FIRST official day of summer. I was so excited for her to be able to get in the pool and swim, shoot water guns, throw water balloons, and do everything else associated with water and summer. We had planned to have her wear her suit to the doctor's office and then her cover-up over so that when she got home she would literally run into the pool but I think deep down she was nervous and a little anxious that the dr. would tell her she had to leave it on for two more weeks so she decided to wait.

We had planned a little "cast off" pool party with some of our close friends right after her appt. She did keep asking me though mom what if I don't get it off what are we going to do. And like any good mom trying to reassure her worried daughter I simply told her that I would cry hard with her and then we would go get the biggest carton of cookie dough ice cream (her favorite) and eat it while watching her favorite movie. See smiled at me big and I think because I am the one always saying it will be fine or telling her to not worry about it until it happens, so this wasn't typical mom but understanding her fears and telling her we would figure it out together if even the "worst" happened.

She spent the last morning in her cast doing everything normal, especially using her stick scratcher to get all those itches that were getting worse and worse by the day! She couldn't wait for me to massage her arm and put lotion all over it.