Thanksgiving 2009, Josiah, Bye Bye Astro Boy Arm

We have had busy times since Astro Boy arm came into the picture. :) KP has been loving every minute of it. No tantrums just because of the arm (plenty, just because he is 2). He will ask for just as much help as he needs, which means we are often just the other hand.

The other day, he wanted to carry his water into the living room from the kitchen, but he had a big daddy glass, so daddy held one side, while KP held the other, and they wandered into the living room like that. :)

I went out of town for Thanksgiving to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday, so Dylan and KP were on their own for a while. :) They had a lot of fun, and they even got to see Uncle Wowie at Aunt Cindy's house. :)

I got back just in time for us to celebrate Cousin Josiah's 3rd birthday! :)

All ready to go. This whole cast period is marked by very large fashion choices. It is tough to get that thing through any armhole!


This is the best picture we have. I will just say that I think that both the boys had a great time.

Then, on December 14, we went to say bye bye to Astro Boy arm. This was a sad day for KP. I'm going to post some pictures below of them taking his cast off. Some of them are quite cute, because he takes it all in stride. However, there is at least one picture of the pin coming out of his thumb that is not so cute. So, keep scrolling at your own risk.


We were lucky that they happened to have some soft cast material in the OR the day of his surgery. No saws to get this cast off, just water and scissors.








This pin is actually quite huge.


KP was okay until he saw how gross his hand looked. Then he started crying. I imagine he was just expecting his regular old hand inside all that mess.


This is the pin that was in his little thumb. That is daddy's pinky finger. That is pretty darn big to be in a 2 year old's thumb. I'm just saying.


And then we went home and played with TiVo (because that is a favorite for KP). His hand is pretty limp and flat, and his arm keeps floating up because it isn't carrying the weight of the cast anymore. We are a little worried, but we will just have to wait and see how this turns out.

xoxo
Margot