2 days Post Op

We are 2 days from when Celie got her cast off. It is amazing, at least we think so, the progress she has made in such a small amount of time.

Friday morning she was in and out of surgery in about 1 hour, but it took awhile for her to wake up from the anesthesia. We ended up leaving the hospital around 1 pm. When she finally began to wake up, she felt down to where her cast was and said, "My cast is off!" We told her that Yes, it was. She was pretty tender and sore from not using the muscles in 8 weeks and from the surgery to take the pins out of her hip. She fell asleep on the way home and took another nap later in the afternoon. She was a trooper throughout the whole thing.

The Doctor said that it would probably be a week before she would really want to try to put any pressure on her leg. He expected that when we were to see him at our 2 week check up that she would be limping, hobbling into see him. He expected her to start out army crawling in a couple of days, progress to crawling and then to cruising, then to walking, and then back to normal activity.

Well, he was partially right.

Friday evening she began moving her left leg a little bit, but it was obviously tender for her. She asked to stand up, so we let her for 2 seconds, but then laid her back down, because she was in pain. Friday night she began rolling over, very carefully. By Saturday morning, she was rolling over completely. She also tried to get up on all fours. During the day on Saturday, she began leaning up on the back of the couch. Standing on the cushions and leaning back. It was amazing to see her progress. By Saturday night, she was sitting up and standing, leaning on the back of the couch.

Today, brought new challenges to Celie. She slid herself off of the couch and was leaning up against the couch, putting weight on both legs. She has even tested the waters by cruising along the furniture in the living room. I even witnessed her walking on her own in the middle of the living room. She does pretty well shuffling her feet with the help of something or someone. She usually asks for a hand to help her walk from one place to another. She also uses her little chair to use in front of her like a walker to help her stabilize herself and help her walk. She is truly a tough little girl. She is pushing herself beyond belief and we are not going to stop her.

Below is Celie standing up against the couch with her chair in front of her if she decides to take off.