Hadley's 3rd Cast

We got back from Chicago a few hours ago and are doing pretty good....
We went down last night and got there a little bit late... around 8:30 or so. We just hung out in the room letting Hadley run around naked and then gave her a bath. She is still not a fan of bath time. Actually, she hates it and will not sit down. She'll only go in if she's standing up. So anyways, it ended up being a super late night since Hadley slept all the way there and wasn't tired till really late.

Then this morning(Thursday) we got up around 4:45 am and got ready to go to the Hospital. Everything went very well. There were only 2 kids being casted so it went smoothly. The hardest part was in the pre-surgery room when they gave Hadley some medication to make her a little sleepy so departing from Andy and I wouldn't be so hard. Well, it didn't work. The nurse took her from my arms and Hadley immediately started screaming. The nurse went quick so the less hard it would be, but watching Hadley as they left the room was so hard. She was screaming holding her arm out to Andy and I and we felt so helpless. I wish they would have waited 10 more min. and I would have probably had Hadley asleep. But anyways, it was a good 2 hours before we got to finally see Hadley again. She was crying when she came out of the recovery room, but after we held her, she was fine. We gave her a juice box and cracker right away and she wanted more! She was starving. Last time she had her cast on, she wouldn't take anything but Popsicles for the first hour, so this was an improvement. I think she's starting to get used to the whole process! So after feeding her a little bit, they took her IV out, and she didn't like that too much. Then they taped her up and we were pretty much on our way.

On the way home, it was pretty rainy and we were all exhausted. So we decided to stop and nap in the car. We all ended up falling asleep for 2 hours. Like I said, we were exhausted! Then we stopped for dinner. Hadley ate very good and her mood was great. She was very unstable though and her lungs were still froggy from the tube going down her nose, but she was doing great!

She's doing ok now. We gave her some Tylenol because she's very fussy. It might be a rough night, but thats to be expected. Im sure she's very sore! She's been through so much today, I can't blame her! Were just going to take it easy this wkd so she can readjust to her cast again. Walking is a little unsteady for her, but she's doing ok. She just gets very frustrated when she cant do the things that she could do with her cast off. Its hard to see her struggle with that.

So ANYWAYS, if you want to know the RESULTS....
She had an Xray before they casted her and her back was at 39 degrees. This means she went down 8 degrees! We are in the right direction! A lot of kids don't show any improvement within 8 casts and Hadley's gone down 35 degrees in only 2 casts. I call that a miracle from God! Then they took an x-ray in the cast and they manipulated her little spine to be less than 5 degrees! Amazing! Thank God she is so flexible. But no wonder she is so sore! So, we are praying that her little spine holds more and more each time without ever needing surgery!

Thanks again for all your prayers and thoughts! It is so greatly appreciated! Hadley will get another x-ray in 4 wks to see how the cast is holding and will next be casted at the end of October.