Purple all the way

One foot...


Two feet...

Done!

For those of you that haven't heard... one week ago today, Mitchell received 4 botox injections in each calf so that today (7 days later, when the botox is most effective) he could be serial casted with his feet pointed at near a 90 degree angle. He will have the casts on for 4-6 weeks, getting them removed and recasted every two weeks, to further stretch his muscles each time, and hopefully, give him the opportunity to correct his toe-walking when the casts come off! I say opportunity because, even after the casts come off and he has the physical ability to walk with a heel to toe gait, there will still be MANY month of wearing an AFO (ankle-foot orthotic) for 23 hours per day to retrain his brain to walk with the regular gait. Sounds extreme? yes, it is, but unfortunately, it's the only treatment for toe-walking that has success.

Mitchell has been SUCH a trooper through this so far... when he got the botox injections last week, they usually partially sedate the patient, but he opted out of that, and didn't even complain about it. Today, at his casting and afterwards, his attitude was positive and chipper and he's up and walking like a pro. What a guy!