Life in a Hip Spica

It's remarkable how well Edward has coped - despite a hot summer so far this year.  He's adapted and found ways to get around but, 5 weeks into his second cast, and he's really starting to smell - yuck!

Ed's 2nd Spica Cast

Edward returned to Queen Mary's Hospital for Children on 2nd June.  Mr Churchill performed a pelvic osteotomy and all went well.  We stayed in the hospital for two nights, sharing a ward with 3 other children at all times.  Edward was on morphine for the first night but slept reasonably soundly on paracetomol and nurofen the second night.

His new cast made it impossible for him to fit in a normal car seat, so we travelled home in an ambulance - the highlight of his hospital visit.