One week of freedoom

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Just wanted to share the celebration that tonite we removed 's first cast

in preparation for Cast #2 next Thursday! I have to say, I've never felt so

liberated, emotional, needy, ecstatic and joyous all in one whirlwin!

It was my friend and fellow cast Mom, Miss Cara , who advised me to do it

ourselves at home with tin snips (or heavy duty shears) and let me tell you, it

was awesome! I highly recommend that if you can save yourself the trip to the

doctor's office and just do it in the comfort of your home, go for it!!! It was

just our family, Jack's brother and sister and Daddy and I, and the elation and

tears after we pulled it off (so easy by the way) was worth it all!

Touching my son skin to skin again, if only for a moment...a short week...and

watching him bask in the oatmeal bubbly bath with his twin brother was just more

than my hubby and I could contain. Words can't express it...only you all would

understand.

Snuggling with tonite and tucking him in his crib was like no other nite

I've had with him. It rejuvinates my soul and gives me the drive to keep on

keeping on with this damn scoliosis and prove to the disease that we will win!

It was what I needed to allow myself the hope and the knowing that one day, it

will be off for good.

So I write this to share with the new families who have yet to undergo the fear

and sadness and heartache that come with that first (and all after) casting

procedure... hang on...hold on my friends...there IS a light at the end of those

long 3 months...there IS hope...there IS joy in this fearful, anxious and

grueling journey, and I've found you must hold it and embrace it and celebrate

it and accept it in whatever form you can for however long you must. If only

for a week.

We have such a long road ahead, this I know. But tonite, all I care to know and

go to sleep with, is the knowing that my boy is free from a cast tonite and

sleeping like he hasn't for three long months. I will sleep a bit easier, too.

Thank you, God.

Thank you, Adam.

Thank you, Cara.

Thank you, ISOP.

Thank you, CAST.

Good night friends,

Chrissy