Time For Braces

Yesterday Liam was really sick.  Running a fever, fussy, runny/stuffy nose, hot, and just a plan wreck.  Liam's temp would go from 102 when not freshly on Tylenol and 101 after he took Tylenol. Late last night his temp got up to 103 which is the temp they suggest you call your doctor.  We gave him his final dose of Tylenol for the night and it finally went back down to 101.  Liam was unable to stay asleep for the first couple hours after we put him down for the night so we figured he wasn't going to sleep well throughout the night.  But surprisingly he did.  Liam woke up at 10 this morning and seemed like a happy baby again.  Liam also felt cooler to the touch. When checking his temp this morning I was happy to see 99.  I know the flu is really going around and Liam really doesn't need something else on his plate.  I just happy he wasn't sick during his appointment today.

 Early Intervention was suppose to call us before today to let us know if Liam could start physical therapy this Thursday or Friday but never called.  The only reason we were kind of pushy about this was because it was dictating whether or not Dr. Albanese casted him or not.  Liam has only been in casts because he hadn't started therapy yet.  Andrew called a couple times this morning with no answer or call back.  So five minutes before we left Andrew called the actually company and had someone hunt her down since Liam's appointment was only an hr away.  On our way to the appointment she finally called us and told us that he could start therapy this week but won't be able to do therapy next week because of the holidays.  Being the worst case scenario type girl I figured Dr. Albanese would want to cast him because of no therapy Christmas week.  I like preparing myself for the worse lol. 

When waiting in the waiting room one of the doctors with a white coat come through and Liam immediately starting getting nervous and whimpering.  Liam is finally remembering certain things.  This freak out was a first.  When we went back to the casting room Liam took one look at the beds where they do the castings and FREAKED OUT.  He started to cry.  You know those afraid cries when its starts out as a slow gentle cry and then goes full blown?  Well this was one of them.  He even had the water works going.  He clung on to me so tightly and laid his head on my shoulder as he cried.  This is the first time he has done this.  I started to tear up but was able to control it.  The past couple appointments Liam would get fussy when he saw Dr. Albanese but never cried.  This time when he walked in Liam started to ball his eyes out.  It just broke my heart.  Still makes me cry thinking about that moment.  As I write this right now I am crying.  Liam knew what was coming up and was scarred.  We told Dr. Albanese what Early Intervention said and I was begging in my head "PLEASE NO CASTS, PLEASE NO CASTS....."  and was so happy to hear that Liam was getting fit for AFO's (braces) and not being casted.  Liam still had stretching done which was hard on him but wasn't casted (kind of)  WAHOO!!!





The design we went with for the braces

After making an appointment to see Dr. Albanese in 3 weeks we headed upstairs so Liam could get fitted for his braces.  Everyone there was really nice.  To get fitted for AFO's you have to get casted.  So Liam didn't like this part because they had to stretch his ankles to get them in the right position.  One fun part about the braces was we got to pick the design of the braces.  I really wanted the Manhattan style because it was "cool" looking but decided with the Tornado design because it would be more fun for Liam to look at.  As you can see he will glow in the dark with those bad boys lol.  They make the braces in the office so Liam will get his braces on Thursday.



So overall not a bad day. A couple tough moments for Liam but he is cast free at the moment. PTL!!!



Liam waiting to get fitted for braces

The next step is finding shoes that fit over the AFO's because specially made ones are really expensive.  I haven't done a lot of research but the shoes I have found so far are $60+.  WOWZERS lol