April 27 ~ Orthotics appointment and casting

We met with the orthotics department at Hanger Clinic in Green Bay today.  Lily got her foot casted to be the mold for her SMO/AFO.  She will be wearing the SMO during the day, and the AFO will click on to the back of her SMO for at night.  Hopefully this will help with her ankle supinating, and will allow extra support and balance during the day, and stretching the muscles at night.

Once done there, we headed back over tho her ped. orthopedic surgeon to have her foot casted.  She picked a nice blue color, and we have decorated the boot she wears over it.

Normally, it takes 1-2 weeks for the orthotics to come in; unfortunately, Hanger clinic felt they were going to be in late, and then Ross, her orthotist, will be out of the office May 18-25.  So the soonest she could get in for them is May 26th.  This means keeping the cast on that long.  The orthopedic surgeon doesn't feel comfortable having her wear it that long, so we will be going on May 11 to have the cast removed.  If she is doing well with it on, we can cancel that appointment and keep the cast on until the orthotics come in.