It's been over 5 weeks since Alexis' hip surgery so here's the update:We got home from the hospital and Alexis was very upset that she couldn't take her "hard pants" off. She was fine with it at the hospital and we had shown her pictures of spica casts and explained that she'd have to wear them for a while to fix her "boo-boo" (the boo-boo she insisted was all fixed and didn't hurt, etc...hard to explain to a toddler why something that doesn't hurt them now has to be fixed so that it won't hurt them later). Anyway, we got home and the first few weeks were rough. She'd have a fit when she wanted to sit on the floor but couldn't. Or wanted to sit on the couch and couldn't. Or wanted to walk or go potty in the bathroom and couldn't. She was very frustrated. She is an independent little girl and was having none of this. Oh, and she had really nasty sores/blisters on her butt/backside under the cast which were nearly giving me a heart attack since they were bleeding, gooey and gross...and being under the cast didn't help meaning they were hard to keep dry and hard to keep pressure off them. Made diaper changes painful for Alexis...they finally healed after about a week or two, thank God! We were really worried they'd get infected or something.
Luckily Alexis has come to terms a little better with her spica cast situation. She has less tantrums when she wants to do something and can't. Now she calmly says "I can't do that because I have hard pants on." I'm quick to tell her though, "that's right, but you'll be able to do that soon when your hard pants come off!" and she responds usually with a "Yay!" :)
So, less than one week to go! We are almost there! Hang in there little Alexis!
Yes, those are doorhangers on my arms! What's wrong with that?
Flipping over in the spica!
On the move! 
Modified couch sitting position! Hey, whatever works!
Tea party with Dora!
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