Finally...

Rylee was able to get her hard cast! She has been counting down the days until she could get her hard cast on because she wanted to be done with her sling. We were scheduled to go over and get it on February 28th. On the morning of the 26th we received a call from Dr. Nay's nurse asking if we could come over in an hour and get Rylee's permanent cast put on. Of course, without hesitation, I said "Sure!"

When I hung up with the nurse and told Rylee she was so excited. We rushed to get ready and out the door we went. I had tried to call Brett to tell him, but wasn't able to get a hold of him. We decided we wouldn't tell him and when he got home from the gym and hair cut, he would be surprised to see her with her cast on.

We were the only patients at the doctor office since they opened up for him to come in and put her cast on before going out of town. Dax was a little monster in there, going from room to room, but once we found him a toy to play with, he stayed content for at least 5 minutes.

Rylee was extremely brave, of course. I was told by a nurse at the hospital to make sure she is sitting when the takes off her temporary cast because 90% of the time they pass out. She said it doesn't hurt but they are always scared it will hurt or what it might look like. She said her son has broken his arm three times and passed out every time they took it off. Not my Rylee-Bug! She sat there with no problems and did everything the doctor asked her too. He had asked her about pain and when she said that it wasn't hurting too bad, he said this little girl definitely has a high pain tolerance.

She chose to have a blue cast! I was sure she would choose pink, but she said that her favorite colors are blue, pink and purple and in that order. She said pink use to be her very favorite, but now blue is. I am sure I will be glad by the end of the process since pink would look diry much faster. The doctor did say that she needs to be very careful with it for one more week and still needs to wear the sling for that additional week.

Today she will go back to school for the first time since she broke her arm. She is a little nervous about what people will think or say. She has been such a big girl about everything. I am so proud of her and love this sweet little girl more than she could ever imagine.
Here are some pictures of us on our way to get her permanent cast, while she is getting it put on, afterwards and then her first day going to school with her cast. Only five weeks left!!!