Life in a Cast

Life in a cast during the summer isn’t the best, but Nina has kept her good attitude and kept her spirits up.  It’s hard to find many things to do on crutches and in a cast, but we’re trying our best to keep life in a cast as good as it can be.  Thankfully, the leg pains she was having are gone, and it still doesn’t feel well enough to walk on yet, but she’s getting used to putting a little bit of pressure on it, and she’s learning to get around better on crutches.  We go in on Thursday of this week for cast #2.  I’m praying they let this next cast be the waterproof option.  That would add a ton of brightness to the next four weeks, so we’re really hoping for good news about that on Thursday.

While in cast, we took the opportunity to visit the Loudoun County Administrative Building where Nina’s artwork was on display.  We had received a letter from her art teacher at the end of the school year that one of her pencil shading pieces (pictured below) was chosen to go on display in the building.  We were very happy for her and enjoyed checking it out in person.

We are also learning how to get around in stores.  Costco was particularly fun because she got to drive the motorized scooter.  It was a little dicey (making sure she didn’t run into anyone or anything), but I have to say she did a good job with it.

While Nina got a special afternoon with Mousey to do art and go to lunch (photo credit to Poppy), I got the chance to take Lyla to the pool with a friend which she really enjoyed.  We also picked up an enormous zucchini from Mousey and Poppy’s garden.  I’m not sure it it’s big enough…

   

The other highlight of last week came with an outdoor 80’s concert near our neighborhood.  Our neighborhood and others near ours have free family-friendly concerts in the summer, and one of our favorite 80s cover bands, the Reflex, was playing at a neighborhood near ours so we went with some friends. 

Nina did great navigating the grass and the crowds with her crutches, and the girls enjoyed playing and dancing with their friends.  At one point, Nina and her friends moved to the very front of the stage, and Nina was “dancing” with her crutches.  On a break from the concert, an announcer came on stage and awarded Nina the swag bag of the night for being “the girl in the front row dancing her heart out on crutches”!  The bag had gift certificates in it to area vendors and restaurants, so we were so happy for her!

Cayenne has been one member of the family who I think is enjoying this ankle injury.  We’re at home so much just hanging around, and I know Cayenne loves all the attention. When she’s not pesting us, she is an avid bunny stalker.  Every time there is a bunny in the back yard, she patiently stalks them out.  She never charges on them to try to over power them, but she’ll take 20+ minutes to stalk one out from one side of the yard to the other. So far there haven’t been any bunny casualties, thankfully!  I can think of two little girls who would be very upset if that happened.