Many important steps were made last week. On Wednesday, we went to the cast clinic to get the stitches out. Jordan was not ready to look at his new leg so Jason was up by his head and distracted him during the procedure. I held his leg so he wouldn't kick the tech in the face. The doctor said that his leg looked beautiful. He was healing well! There was a wire that had to be removed which kept the tissue in place and Jordan was very happy to have that out! He could finally stretch. I asked the Dr. to bandage again - he looked at me funny since it was no longer necessary and I explained that Jordan needed privacy to look at his leg for the first time. The cast clinic was not a suitable environment for this personal moment. They bandaged and we were off. We also went to the chiropractor that day and he saw an improvement already in his alignment! He also confirmed this was the best decision for Jordan.
He went back to school the next day. Jordan has been in school on and off for the past two weeks and managing well. His nervous parents wanted to make sure supports were in place there and Jordan calmly said, "Mom, Dad, I got it! I can do this, and my friends will help me." And they have. We are so thankful to his friends, to the staff and for the community we live in! Thank You!
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| Thank you Neighbourhood for the Recovery Gift Basket! |
I got some scissors and he started snipping the bandages. He quietly observed the new shape of his leg and after some time said, "That's amazing what they can do!" So true! He touched the skin at the bottom, around the stitches and said it was cool. He was in awe and completely accepting of himself. He wanted to take a bath with his swim shorts so we could stay with him. He was happy! I told him it was ironic that he chose to look at his leg on Valentine's Day. This was an act of self love, a beautiful moment.
On Saturday, he wanted to get out, and he requested we go shopping. We went to the mall and expected to borrow a wheelchair from customer service. Instead, we got a scooter!
He received a nice card from his Oma and Opa (with a cheque) and they suggested he could get something to help his recovery. We looked at shirts and video games, but since he just received some amazing games from the neighbourhood get well basket, he wanted to choose something else. We went into a store and he was inspired! A place where you could make your own hat??? He looked at some images and knew exactly what he wanted.
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| Thank you Oma and Opa! |
Next step: Prosthetic fitting in two weeks.
