Update

There has not been much time to do anything since we made it home with Hayden and his casts.  There was not much sleeping by him, so there wasn't much sleeping for me either.  He started school with his casts on and I think it has been a good distraction.  We are very thankful that he has a nurse going with him.  He will definitely get more out of school right from the beginning with someone he knows and knows him.   I couldn't have imagined sending him to school with his casts on otherwise. 

Hayden had a follow-up orthopedic appt mid September and also for cast removal.  His legs looked very good and much to our surprise weren't stinky at all.  That made the car ride home more pleasant than we thought it would be.  Dr. Sundberg was able to abduct his left hip more than prior to the adductor release but not as much as he can on the right hip.  His hip x-ray also showed moderate sublexion of the left hip.  No need for further surgery at this time, but if it gets worse, he will likely need femoral osteotomies and possibly a pelvic osteotomy on the left side.  This of course means body cast...boo!!! In the meantime, there will be a lot of stretching and time in the stander.  We will do what we can to get him to sleep with both knee immobilizers and the adductor pillow for as long as we can to prevent this even though it doesn't seem likely at this point.  He keeps bringing it up, so in my experience this means it is almost certain to happen.  Although, we are talking about Hayden, so you never know.

Nick is having a great time in school and has a best buddy, Andrew.  From what we hear at school and from what Nicholas tells us, they have a great time together.  How wonderful for him to get to play with kids who can play with him the way he plays.