Last Cast

So it looks kinda like a cool snowboard-esque piece of gear, but actually its called a Denis-Brown Splint and it's the latest in accoutrement for fixing Frederick's clubfoot. The good news is that this means the cast is off (the boy can finally take a bath!). The unfortunate news is that the poor kid has to wear this contraption, which really resembles a medieval torture device that Michel Foucault might have written about, 20 hours a day for the next couple months. This isn't helping anyone in the sleep department!
There is, however, another significant upside to getting to this stage. Freddy does get to spend 4 hours a day now with nothing on his foot! Last night he hung out with all ten piggies in the open air for the first time since he was a day old, and we all loved it. And as you can see in the photo, his foot (it's the right foot that is being corrected) looks just like any other after only 3 weeks. Way to go Fred-o!