I've got to admit it's getting better, a little better all the time!

Today we went to see Dr. Brown, the orthopedic surgeon. He was a really nice doctor and he explained everything really well to Mommy and Daddy. As I explained yesterday, I have a condition called club foot, which is very common and very easy to fix.

Basically, my left foot points inward instead of straight forward. It doesn't hurt at all. Dr. Brown explained the condition to us and the procedure to fix it, which is to place the foot in a series of casts, each one bending the foot slightly more toward the right position. Sometimes the casts are all that is needed to fix it, sometimes they need to do a very non-invasive surgery when I'm about a year old.

Dr. Brown told us that they would put a new cast on next week and then again every week to 10 days for a while and then the time span will get gradually longer to about 2 months. They'll continue casting for a year or until the casting doesn't cause any more changes, whichever comes first.

I impressed the doctors and nurses so much during our visit! One of the nurses took Mommy and Daddy aside and let them know that they'd bend my foot as far as they could without breaking it and then place the cast on. They said that this would be very painful for me and that I'd scream and be inconsolable for quite sometime. They wanted them to know so that if one or both of them wanted to step out of the room they could. They both stayed though and are happy they did! I didn't cry one bit, in fact I slept right through it, which the doctor and nurse couldn't believe! The nurse told us that some of the pro-football players that come in cry when Dr. Brown does that to them, so I'm definitely tough.

I impressed them all again after they put the cast on. The nurse told us that the cast would be heavy and that I wouldn't be able to lift my leg so they would have to support it for me. As soon as the sentence came out of her mouth, I had to prove her wrong, so I threw my entire leg straight up in the air! I can't have them thinking I'm a little weakling!

Mommy and Daddy brought me home and signed my little cast. It doesn't really bother me at all and I can move it all by myself. Mommy said she'd have everyone sign my cast.

I was pretty tired once we got home though, so Mommy and I settled in at home and had a nice long nap.