Little man gets cast number 2!!

Well as all of you know Camden got to go 2 days without his cast, which was VERY weird for me and him also. He was like a little noodle rolling around everywhere and doing the things he couldn't do before.

We drove up to Shriner's Greenville on Wednesday morning because Camden has a pre-op appointment every single time we go for a cast the day before. Just so they can check to make sure his vitals are okay and everything is set and stone ready to go.

We arrived at Shriner's at about 12:00 his appointment wasn't until 12:30 so we had just a little time to spare, we got checked in and walking through the door was Jennifer and Jackson and his family!! We were so excited to finally meet Jackson since he and his family had been coming here for the past 2 years. Jackson is the little boy I have previously talked about and put a picture of his little cast so that everyone would know what Camden's would look similar to. They are by far some of the sweetest people I have ever met in my life. They were so amazing and just so generous. I couldn't have asked God to put a better Casting family in my life but them. They also received the best news as a cast family they were told Jackson's cast #9 was his LAST CAST!! He was fitted for a brace and he is CAST FREE!! No one will ever understand that excitement unless you are going through the same thing!

Pre-op went by REALLY fast that day. No problems, and everything was healthy with Camden. We were in and out in about an hour.

So of course after that my mom, grandma, Camden and me go shopping! Bought Camden some things and me some things also.

This time we stayed in a hotel since there were more of us. Camden couldn't eat after 12 AM so I tried waiting as late as possible to feed him that night.

We woke up the next morning about 4:30, and he did GREAT especially with no food in his belly he was fine. We were able to give him some pedialyte up until we left the hotel but nothing after that since they put him under general anesthesia.

His surgery was scheduled for 6:00 so we had to be there right at 6 to get checked in and go up to check in with the nurses. My dad and Paul met us there so that I didn't have to go through this emotionally I wanted Paul to be by my side every step of the way, which he has been! Thank God!
We got Camden upstairs and back with the nurses. It was time for them to take his to OR so they could get to work. I of course cried, once again but who wouldn't when it's your 8 month old baby. Dr. Pete only took about 45 minutes on Camden because he so tiny the plaster isn't that much to work with.
He got done with him about 8:30, came and talked to us and said Camden did GREAT, his back is at ZERO degrees in this cast, his bones just have to grow that way.   
But we didn't get to see him til about 9:15.
They had his room ready and we were able to sit and wait..

The nurse finally brought him in and he was HYSTERICAL. He did not know what was going on or anything. I gave him some pedialyte and his of course spit that up so that was stressful for me. He wouldn't calm down and I couldn't take much more so Paul had to take over and calm him down. We got the plaster dried, and it was ready to be adjusted. Camden didn't just lay there this time he rolled and whined and did not want her to touch him. She finally got done, wrapped it up again in camo, of course and we were off to the build a bear room where we got to pick out a different outfit for his bear that we got the previous time.
By this time he had a few ounces of his bottle and he was almost ready to be released to go home.
The nurse came in, look the IV out, I changed his diaper, put his clothes on him and we were headed out the door.
This is one thing that I NEVER look forward to, EVER. I hate seeing my baby the way he was on that day and no one deserves to see that.

Here are some pictures from Camden's second cast...

After we took Camden's cast off. You can already tell such a difference.

Right after he wokw up..

 

This mommy couldn't handle the tears so daddy had to take over while I held Mickey Mouse Clubhouse...

 

 Sweet baby was getting his cast dry under the blanket..

 



Finally!!

Hey guys!!! It's been WAY to long since I've updated this because it's been so hectic and crazy around here. But I'm FINALLY getting around to it.

After 6 weeks, we are already going back tomorrow for pre-op #2!! Time sure does fly when your having fun. I still cannot believe that it is already that time again!! This time, this mommy is prepared and ready to take on what is to come although I may say that now and get to Shriner's and have another opinion. LOL

The past 6 weeks have been memorable! I will definitely miss the first cast because of course it's got memories behind it. But tonight was the first night in 6 weeks I actually got to hold Camden with NO CAST at all. We were going to wait and get the doctor to take it off especially since it was the first time for us and all. But of course Paul got a wild hair and decided he wanted to cut it off of him. Well.. it didn't work out how I really wanted it to but we did get it off of him and that's all that matters.

It feels so weird to hold him without it, and to see him so all of his activities without it on. He's like a worm but he's so happy and in such an awesome mood now.

I gave him his first bath and he LOVED it, absolutely LOVED it. He splashed and splashed until it was time to get out. It was so amazing seeing him actually get to enjoy bath time while he can.

Like I said in the beginning I know I have been very slack about updating this but our lives get so crazy everyday that it's so hard to sit down for 5 minutes and type something up when I would love to go into detail about EVERYTHING. The past 6 weeks have been awesome with his cast, he has coped very well to it and so have we.

We lay him on the kitchen counter every other night to wash all of his hair and stick his feet in the sink to wash those too. We have a routine and he has stuck with it.

But tonight I really don't have much to update except that the cast is off for a day then we will have it back on Thursday morning and of course I will give an update tomorrow and Thursday on how everything goes!!

Now I'm going to enjoy my baby without his cast :)

Goodnight!!!