2nd set of casts

Well, Eli got his second set of casts put on this week. The whole process was a little different than last week. He got the first set taken off and we got to see the difference that just a week makes. Of course, again he didn't like the whole process, but I was very encouraged by the results. I will let the pictures tell the story...

Here is the sawing machine that takes the casts off...


Eli's old casts that his sister drew on. She loves to color right now and enjoyed coloring on brother's casts. She says "I colred that..."...

Kara, Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Williams nurse taking his casts off. She was very fast in taking them off. It doesn't hurt them to take the casts off. It just is a lot of vibration and the machine is really loud, so it scared him a little bit.

They use this tool to take the casts off and then, tear the gauze, so that his legs can breath a little bit.

She was taking the very last bit of gauze off his left leg, so we could see the results the first week of casts did.

Eli's feet after the casts were taken off. They leave them off for a little bit, so they can see the results and his legs/feet can breath a little while.

I got to give him a little bath with wipes before they put the second set of casts on his legs.

Dr. Williams checking out his feet and doing an assessment before he puts his casts on again...

Ready to get his casts put on (well, maybe mommy is just ready)...

Dr. Williams putting the gauze on, so they can start the process of putting the casts on...

Applying the plaster to his left leg and forming the plaster to move his foot around...

Making it to where we could see his little toes...

After the procedure was all over, he wanted to eat. He is a growing boy...

Here is a side by side picture of what his feet looked like just last week and then, what they looked like today. It is huge improvement to me, but we still have a long way to go.

We will continue with this procedure each week. The doctor did say today that most arthogyposis patient's feet sometimes resist the treatment and additional surgeries are needed to correct the feet. We are praying that we don't have to do that.

Eli, we love you so much and are so encouraged by the results that just one week proved for you. You are such a trooper and we are so proud of you. We are excited to see what next week holds for you. XOXO, Daddy and Mommy