Time in Her Cast

After being home a week, Sydney really turned a corner. I'm not sure if it was just the initial shock of it all was finally over or if it was just all the meds that had given her such intense mood swings, or maybe both, but I was really grateful when that was mostly over!
She was finally her happy, optomistic, independent self again! We went to the gardens here in town and she pretty much ran the entire thing with her walker!

Shortly after her amputation was Shriner's Walk for Love. We had some friends join us, and it was a fabulous day! As you can see by the pictures, we all had such a fun time!

That night, we clebrated Sydney's 4th birthday.

 Sydney did so well with her cast on. In fact, I spent most of my time telling her to slow down. By the time her cast came off, there was a massive soft spot at the bottom of it because she had walked on her cast so much! This girl amazes me!

 We also had a little mini birthday party for her, and having her cast on didn't slow her down a bit, she totally kept up with her little friends.

 Here you can see the duct tape we attached to the bottom, along with a little card board. This was in hopes that the cast wouldn't deteriorate more and the soft spot wouldn't grow any bigger.

She did so well with her cast. She didn't complain almost at all and just adapted to it. Kids are amazing like that. Now, looking back, I am so glad we did her amputation when we did because of the fact of how well she has adapted.