Soon as we got home we put her in the bathtub to clean her up and to help her muscles relax. She couldn't really sit up with out help for the first 10 minutes but then was able to.
That first day she still army crawled around the house. Later that day in the evening she pulled herself up and stood next to her kitchen. We couldn't believe it! She wouldn't put much pressure on her left leg but we were still very excited she was standing.
It hurt her to bend her knee too far. She was always very careful to move it.
Each day it seemed she became stronger and moved her leg just a little more.
4 days after she started crawling normally.
1 week after the cast she started taking steps while holding on to the couch. She would only step on her tippy toes. She never would put her heel down.
A few days after that she learned to stand up in the middle of the floor with out assistance.
She seemed pretty content to crawl and I figured she wouldn't walk for a couple more weeks.
At 2 weeks after the cast she took at few steps and we clapped and cheered for her.
The next day she woke up and just started walking everywhere. She limps on her left leg as we expected her to. She now puts her whole foot down, no more tippy toes. We had read that it might take 4 or 6 weeks we were so surprised she walked so soon!
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