New brace

Once the decision to continue bracing had been made, we had to gather a few utensils before planning another Skype appointment with Jerald to take Jonas's measurements. Since we were looking to avoid the trip to the US, we needed a seamstress tape measure and calipers to get precise measurement of Jonas's leg, tibia and foot (length, width and thickness).

Easter came and went, soon followed by Jonas's second birthday. Needless to say that the boy was spoilt rotten with a day trip to a local petting farm and more presents he can actually play with!

His new brace arrived on 24th April. It looked soooo CLEAN!! I'd actually forgotten it was meant to be bright white, not greyish 😅. I was eager to know whether it would fit or not. It looked just as small as his current one and pretty tight.

I knew the plastic would obviously stretch but I wondered why the brace wasn't any wider than the other one. Due to the time difference and Jerald's busy schedule, I couldn't get a hold of Jerald straight away so decided to slip it on and see.

I struggled a bit and had to take away most of the padding Jerald had stuck to the lower spiral, but eventually found a way and the fit looked absolutely perfect. The brace is a lot stronger and easily got Jonas's foot to those 45° external rotation we were aiming for, whilst not bothering him in the slightest.

I took a few pictures and sent them to Jerald. 

A few hours later, I got a reply, saying that indeed the brace looked perfect, and I should get Jonas used to the new stretch by using the brace a few hours here and there over the next few days, before going for his normal nap and night-time wear schedule.

Ooooops... Jonas had been asleep for a good couple of hours then...
Oh well... From day 1, back at the end of November 2016, the brace became a simple extension of his leg, I guess the added stretch must not have felt uncomfortable to him, he slept through his usual 12 hours and woke up with a smile.