Jonas’ Cast Review

I know I’m really behind on posting about how the trip to Boise went and Jonas’ new cast (especially since now he doesn’t have a cast on at all! LOL) so here’s some of that info now:)

The boys and I went over to stay with Mark’s parents on Memorial Day. Brynnan stayed with Mark’s mom while Jonas and I went to see Dr. Showalter on Tuesday May 26th. Jonas really did NOT want to go to the doctor’s office. He kept saying he didn’t want to go and he cried for at least half of the 45 minute drive to the office. When we got there he said he wanted Daddy to come with him, but I explained that Daddy was at home and couldn’t come. Can you guess who he asked for next? Not Papa, but Uncle Ian! Uncle Ian is his favorite Uncle because, other than the fact he’s really the only one Jonas has been around, Ian also played video games with him at Thanksgiving last year! Jonas always talks about Uncle Ian and playing games and going to see Uncle Ian. It’s so cute! So I called Ian 3 times and he never answered. Jonas was really sad, but once we got called back to the room he forgot about it.

The nurse used the little pizza cutter looking thing to take off the old blue cast. He was afraid because it was kind of loud. These pictures aren’t the best quality because I forgot my camera and so I used my cell phone:P

Oh, man!! Look at that Face!!

This part always makes me nervous. There’s nothing between Jonas’ leg and the scissors and I know they use special scissors and they do this all the time, but it still makes me nervous!!

Here it comes!

There’s his leg! If you look closely you can see the scar from the surgery. The Dr. cut his tendon back there so his foot would be more flexible. There’s also a pin in his foot by his big toe, which you can’t see. The Dr. took that out before they put on the new cast. Jonas was afraid to put his leg down on the table so he held it up like this the whole time we were there! LOL

Watching the Dr. get ready to put the new cast on.

Another picture of his leg without the cast. You can kind of see the pin in his foot.

Trying to cheer him up, which wasn’t working well at all!

He got to choose what color he wanted his new cast to be. He had been talking about getting a new green cast for weeks so there was no hesitation on his part! Not even when there were 2 greens to pick from, he pointed and that was that:)

Dr. Showalter is the one on the right and his nurse is putting the cast on. I’ve only talked with her on the phone so it was nice to finally meet her!

Almost done!

And there it is:)

And there it is in all it’s bright green glory:)

Dr. Showalter said his foot is looking really good and he wanted Jonas to start walking on it and putting full pressure on it. So we started working on that. It was really hard on all of us. He got so used to being carried around everywhere that he didn’t want to do anything himself. Eventually, he started walking a lot more on it. He would wake up in the morning and we would have him walk out of his room to get us. He’s such a tough little guy. We’re so proud of him!

Afterward, we met up with Lynn, Mark’s mom, and Brynnan at Burger King for dinner. There was a playground area so of course Brynnan wanted to play more than eat. Jonas was okay with just eating:)

Here’s my little monkey!:)