Update on THE CAST

The saga continues. When we got the cast on two weeks ago today, we were told to come back in one week to get x-rays to make sure everything was healing correctly. We did that last Thurs. Her doctor is Dr. Lindaman but we didn't see him either time, we saw his assistant, Dr. Earel. Dr. Earel said the x-ray looked good, he would show it to Dr. L and we could make an appt. for 2 weeks to get the cast off. At the appt. desk, the first date they could get us in was the 18th which would be three weeks. Later that day, I got a message from Dr. E saying that Dr. L wanted her to come in the next week to get her cast off and a new one placed because it looked loose. So we went in on Mon. and actually saw Dr. L who said the cast looks way too good to replace. Let's just get an x-ray to check it. Our appt. was at 2:15. At 3:15 he walks in and states that the cast is great and the bone looks great and she can come in next week to get it off. I asked him if it was a mistake that we came in that day, maybe I misunderstood. He said oh no, that he was the one who wanted us to come in to get checked because of the x-ray. (The disadvantage, obviously, of the doctor in charge not actually being there to look at the cast at the time of the appt.) I guess the good thing that came out of the appt. was that we now have an appt. for the 13th to get the cast off instead of waiting until the 18th. I was a little disappointed we couldn't get the cast off though. For one thing, we decided we would get a purple cast this time. For another thing, I couldn't wait to be able to wash her little hand. It was getting really dirty and stinky. (Hard to wash because her fingers are overlapped in there.)
So now we have an appt. for next week to get another x-ray (her fourth set) and hopefully get her cast off for good. She has been a trooper though. She's figured out how to use it almost normally. And so far she hasn't hauled off and hit anyone with it!