Second cast

Well, due to the bathtub incident, we ended up taking Ava in to get a new cast a few weeks earlier than planned. The cast was dry but just to make sure the Doc had her come in just in case. That was good and bad. We didn't know until Monday afternoon that we would be going in on Tuesday which meant Justin couldn't be there again and we had to find last minute babysitters for Coop but it was comforting to make sure her skin was ok under the cast. But my sweet Grandma Brown let Cooper stay overnight because we had to be there early in the morning which was a huge relief! The initial plan was to take the cast off and put it on the same day at the hospital but that would have meant no break for her and no bath at home either so we opted to take her to the pediatricians office Monday afternoon to get it off so she could have a little break and get a nice long bubble bath. And she loved it! She was bending all over, scooting on her bum, and running around like it was the best day of her life! I think I was just as excited as she was about it. It was nice to be able to see her move without as much struggle for a bit.

So, our day went a little like this: Wake up at 6:15 to get ready, wake Ava up at 7 and put her in the car to head up to the hospital, get there at 8 and get checked in and head to our room, get all the vitals checked and change into her little tiny gown, change 2 very stinky diapers!, play with Ollie the elephant making him do back bends and front bends until about 11:30 when they were ready for her, give her the meds to make her drowsy, talk to the drs, lay her in the little crib and watch them wheel her away, cry because I will never get used to that, wait until abt 2 to get her back, cuddle my baby girl, look at her feet and realize they were poked 11 times to get the i.v. in =(, she finally was able to eat some yogurt and jell-0, get an x-ray at abt 3:45 which looked awesome! She is now at abt a 20 degree curve instead of 54 degrees. Yeah! It's actually working! And they were able to do the cast under her armpits instead of over her shoulders like a tank top so that she is able to use her left finger which is awesome. We got the i.v. out abt 4 and left abt 4:30, got some food since we hadn't eaten anything all day, picked Coop up at my Grandma's and finally made it home abt 6:30. So, it was another long day but not half as stessful as the first time. We knew what to expect this time, I remembered the stroller! (lifesaver), Ava was used to the cast so it wasn't quite a shock when she woke up, she wasn't sick!, Coop was having much more fun at my Grandma's, and we didn't have to be there at 6Am this time. So it went much smoother and she's doing great. They think she will need one more after this to get her back where they want it. We both can't wait until they are done!

AAAhhhhh.....nice warm bath after 2 months!

Getting her oxygen checked in our room before the cast

Happy little nakie!

Cute in her little gown


Mom and Ave. They wouldn't have had to poke my head 11 times to find a vein! yikes

And I was determined to get more pictures this time but my camera froze and wouldn't do anything after this one. Good thing Costco will take anything back!


The doctors and nurses up there are pretty amazing and take really good care of us. We are done until after the baby comes (unless she falls in the tub again!) so we'll see how it goes with new baby in the mix to.



Just some stuff I want to remember: We were watching Utah Gymnastics on Sunday and the kids thought it was pretty cool and kept doing 'back bends' and 'front bends' that's why she thought it was so great when the elephant did it. She was standing on my lap while we were waiting and wanted to do a back bend so I held her and she did. She hasn't done it without the cast on and her back popped like four times. She gave me the cutest scaredest face I have ever seen her make and about cried! I think it shocked her so much! She wanted a love and wouldn't do another one after that!
She was much happier this time when she woke up and hardly cried at all. I was expecting a meltdown like last time but I think she was just used to the cast so it wasn't as big of a deal.
She teases and will say things like milk, juice, milk, juice so you don't know what she wants and she did that when they were asking her what color she wanted. pink, purple, pink, purple so they did purple with a pink stripe around her belly. Little stinker
And she looked so tiny after getting the cast off on Monday. She wasn't a little football player, which actually comes in handy sometimes when you have an older brother. I snuggled her as much as I could because it felt so good to have her be so soft and cuddley. We kept the cast and knew it was heavy but couldn't believe how heavy! It has to weigh about 5lbs and when you only weigh 24lbs that's a lot to carry around!