Audrey had an appointment with the pediatric orthopedic dude in Bangor this morning and for those of you from away that meant leaving the house at the unholy hour of 7ish AM to get there by 8:30.
Her left foot has not been progressing as well as it should, and even though standing and what they call cruising are her favorite things to do, she does not bear weight on the left foot like she needs to. It is still turned in quite a bit and it needed to be looked at so she can get on to walking on her own.
Doctor Turi is a nice man, soft spoken and gentle and his news on Audrey's foot was both good and bad. He said the shin itself is doing really well and he doesn't foresee any upcoming surgeries, but he did say he would need to cast her leg again for about three weeks. In pediatric orthopedic terms, that means cast today, go back next week and have cast removed, reposition foot, cast again, and repeat three times.
In between the time that the original appointment was for, and the time that Dr. Turi could do the cast, we got to sit in the waiting room and, well, wait. It started to really fill up as the day went on and one little boy, maybe 8 or so (I am not a good judge of age) comes up to me while I am holding Audrey and shows me his cast on his wrist, proceeds to explain it and then says "I like your baby, can I pet her?" It was just really cute! His mom came over and fetched him away and said he just really likes babies. I thought it was sweet- a lot of the people in the waiting room, especially the ones in casts, are not that pleasant.
By the time all was said and done and Dr. Turi was ready for the prceedure Audrey had fallen asleep. He, plus his assistant, plus two technicians were able to get Auds whole foot positioned and a hot pink cast on her entire leg before she even woke up! She is such a good girl. Even when she did wake up she didn't seem to be bothered by it. Of course she has had this done many times before but not recently- not since she started to crawl in fact so I can't imagine she remembered.
Us 3 girls then went out to breakfast and did some shopping- but we were all too exhausted to even spend the entire day in Bangor- we had to come home to rest! Later I took Auds her birthday presents from her Great Grammie and Grampa Lowe, and her Aunt Jenny and Uncle Xavier so she could get a head start on opening stuff and not be so overwhelmed like she was at Christmas. Do you know that in the time she was home she learned to crawl with that cast on and to stand up? It can't be comfortable, I would be bitching and complaining but Audrey doesn't even seem to notice. What a difference 50 years makes!
So that's how Audrey spent her last day as an un year old. In a few short hours she will be a whole year old and will have gone from being a new born, to an infant to a toddler. Love you Audrey, I am glad I have been able to be with you as much as I have over the last 12 months!
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