Cast Removal! 3 weeks post-PERCS

After 3 weeks of counting down, the day finally came... Andrew's was allowed to get his casts off!

When Andrew had casts removed 2 years ago after his traditional hamstring lengthening, he flipped out and his behavior was completely out of control. He was terrified that the saw would cut him and the noise made him completely overstimulated. I was very nervous that this cast removal would be the same, but I had nothing to worry about. 

Here's a video of his cast removal:

 http://youtu.be/YnzuUYLgzWk

Andrew was slightly nervous about the noise at first, but once the removal got going, he was just excited that his feet were going to be free. I think that it helped that we had them removed by our orthotist, someone that Andrew knows well and trusts. It was all around a positive experience.

Here's Andrew's first "freedom" picture. 

He now has to wear his tall AFO foot/leg braces full time for several weeks to continue with his healing, and then he will hopefully be ready for shorter SMO foot braces after that. 

I'm so excited to see his improvements over the next several months!