light and floppy...

...that is what Sy feels like with his new LEG CAST!!!! We had been practicing "cast cutting" for days...making loud buzzing noises and jiggling Sy back and forth. Olive orchestrated the simulations, complete with spotlight and an announcement: "attention ladies and gentlemen, now presenting Sy's cast cutting...here is doctor cast cutter (Aaron) and Sy's sister who will hold his hand." Just in case this intense preparation failed him, we also brought 3 suckers as a backup plan.

We had a family trip to Rochester for the big event (really, how could we leave the above named narrator at home?). The "cutting" was brief, but our wait was long. The kids held up well, very patient. Sy had some tears during the actual "cutting." The cast cutter looks like a saw, but is not sharp and does not spin. It vibrates to cut through the cast. Even after a detailed explanation, Sy was not convinced of this. He felt she was going to cut his skin at any moment...the groin area was especially concerning to him. I had to hold my hand over the family jewels while the inner part of the cast was cut or more accurately, vibrated. While I was holding, the cast cutter jumped forward and did get my hand. It did not hurt, just surprising so I jumped a bit. If I was surprised enough to jump, I shudder to think what Sy, already nervous, would have done had the "cutter" bumped the jewels. Hmmm, a moment to be thankful for pomegranate pucker suckers. Eventually, the cutter made it all the way around and the nut cracker was applied. Sy was like a turtle coming out of his shell. It was wild to his little body in full after 6 weeks of not. His skin was lizardy, but pretty clean except for the belly button, peeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww! We had a chance to wash him up before the long leg cast was applied. I could probably get a whole paragraph or two going about the long leg cast application, but motherly duty calls...perhaps a picture is worth two paragraphs worth of words...