Logan's Cast is OFF!!!

Praise the Lord....Logan's cast is off!!! We went to Children's yesterday and after they did x-rays, the doctor told us that he could not even see where the break had been and we could definitely get it off. We were soooo excited!! For whatever reason, the longer we waited, the more nervous Trey and I had made ourselves that he was not going to get it off. But thankfully, that was not the case! So, they brought in the big 'cast saw' (or whatever that thing is) and went to work!! As soon as they got that (smelly!!) thing off of him, I picked that little boy up and gave him the BIGGEST hug (and shed a few tears)!! It truly was the oddest thing to not even be able to squeeze him for 5 weeks and it felt good to finally be able to!! We came home to a very large 'Welcome Home Committee' consisting of our siblings and grandparents. Logan is doing really well! I have to say that I have actually been very surprised at how slow the 'recovery' truly is. They told us from the very beginning that it would take him a while to figure out how to 'walk normally' again, but I didn't ever really stop to think about what that meant. He has yet to walk and they said that it will probably be Friday before he actually does. It is the craziest thing because he definitely still acts like he has his cast on...like he doesn't know that he can use his legs. Last night, he was literally just sitting there in the exact same position as he sat in his cast and would not move unless I did it for him. Today, he has started crawling and will pull up to stand as long as he has support. He has walked with me holding both of his hands, but it was very shaky and I really don't think he would even be able to on his own at this point. So, we're just taking it slow and letting him do it in his time. Emotionally, our house feels like a different home! I really don't think I realized just how much we were all worn down, but it is so obvious today! Logan is SOOO much happier! Even though he is still 'immobile', he is just happy! And it is so nice to not have to worry/think about any of the things that went with the cast...the diaper changing, irritability, etc... All that to say, we are one big happy family today and glad to have our sweet boy Logan back to his sweet normal self....even if he is just crawling!! :)

I don't know if anyone enjoyed their bath as much as Logan did last night!! He really wasn't as dirty as I expected him to be after all those weeks. I thought this was funny...the doctor told us that we would be shocked at all the TOYS they find in the casts when they cut them off...like play coins, Barbie shoes, little figurines, etc.. I thought that was so crazy!!

We can't forget about this little munchkin! Jay is soo happy to have his playmate back again!! There literally was not a day that went by when Logan had his cast on that Jay did not ask me, "Wogan walk today? I want Wogan play me." They played together all morning long!!

Have you seen a sweeter face??!?! I could not be happier for this sweet boy!
The first night Logan got his cast on, I rocked him to sleep in this very chair with tears streaming down my face as his little leg had spasm after spasm from begin confined and all I could do was pat his little neck because the cast covered his entire back. I can't tell you how many nights I sat in this chair rocking him around 3am and prayed for February 21st to come quickly so I could rock him like 'normal' again!!
And February 21st did come....and it was a wonderful day!! :)