One more cup of coffee

Club feet update, week 2

We went back to the doctor yesterday to have Nathan’s casts changed. We could already tell a difference in the angle of his feet when they took his casts off. Unlike last time, Nathan didn’t hate the new casts, presumably having become used to them already.

We’ve also discovered, as one might expect, that one of the only things better as a conversation starter than a newborn is a newborn with both legs in casts. Meredith and I have been discussing possible answers to the inevitable (and completely understandable) “What happened?” question:

• Skiing accident
• Sledding accident (suggested by some of Meredith’s church kids as a more believable alternative to the above).
• “We told him not to borrow money from the mob.”
• “With God as my witness, I thought babies could fly.”
• Gang fight with the other newborns on the block.
• Surfing accident (in Half Moon Bay, of course).
• “Hey, it turns out that babies don’t have wish bones.”

Next week is week of doctors.

• Monday: Nathan sees his pediatrician for his second well baby appointment.
• Wednesday: hearing in Nathan’s left ear gets re-tested. He failed the hearing test in his left ear at birth; the doctors in Salt Lake said that happens a lot because of fluid still being in the ears.
• Thursday: casts changed again.
• Friday: to the vet to get fixed. Pippin, that is. Our six-month-old kitten. Not Nathan.