That's Right!

We drove up to UVA this morning and had an x-ray. then before they even looked at it the nurse came and was really excited to be taking the cast off. we were a little worried that it wasn't coming off but apparently they had planned to take it of today already. so good
to get it off they had to use the saw thingy. it's pretty cool because it is portable, like a large vacuum, and the blade vibrates to cut rather than spinning. so if the blade hit skin it would stop automatically. of course, sabine didn't know that so the sound combined with the vibration made for a very unhappy baby... kind of like when we wash her hair. A LOT of upset for something that ultimately is a good thing. after the cast came off the nurse tried to wash her off some, but she wasn't having it. so i held her instead. she felt SO light after having that cast, and very loose, like a noodle.
her skin looks really good and had only a spot or two where it was almost cracked. in one of the creases of her thighs she had a little yeast going (Ugh!) where i couldn't reach to clean it but we wiped it off and the skin underneath looked fine. so we'll keep it clean and dry and she should be good as new fast.
so then the dr asked for another x-ray so we took her back upstairs. and after that one his exact words were : 'she looks too good' uh! YAY! so as of now we're not doing anything else. we go back in 3-4 weeks once her muscles relax and she has some time out of the cast and then they'll do another x-ray and tell us where to go from there. but it was good to see the beginnings of the femur head on the x-ray and he said her measurements in the hip were within the normal range on both sides, only slightly more open on the left than the right. all good things.
now we get to enjoy her noodle legs and i'm going next to order her a bathing suit. swimming pool, here we come!