Took William back to Vanderbilt for his second appointment this afternoon. We didn’t get in and out like we did last time, but it is still quite good, and a heck of a lot better than the walk in clinic that we thought we were going to originally.

William is healing very well. The bones appear to be well within the tolerances the Doctor wants. So, we have a choice:

• We can go to the Children’s hospital in Nashville on April 4th and have the cast removed
• We can wait until the following Tuesday (April 8th) and go to the Franklin Branch and have the cast removed.

Tough choice. Drive to Nashville and have the cast removed Friday, or not drive to Nashville, but have to wait until after the weekend to be rid of it.

It took both of us about 3 seconds to choose Friday. I think William took less time than that.

The doctor is definitely trying to prep us for a “hope for the best, prepare for the worst” situation with him walking. He’s definitely taking the stance of “He’ll walk when he’s ready, and don’t worry about it”. I just don’t think he wants to give a timeframe and then have us turn around and say “you said x days, and it’s not happening right this minute.”

My dentist’s daughter was in a Spica just before 2 years of age about 8 months ago, and he was saying that his daughter was up and walking almost immediately. It was nice to talk to someone who had been in the same situation, and to hear a very matter of fact tale, as if it was no big deal. Just reiterated the same stuff we heard already, no lasting effects, small limp for a little bit until completely healed.

Finished up with a trip to visit the Cow for Family night. William scored well with the Balloon guy again: