First Fitting

We just returned this afternoon from Seattle after Kyla's first fitting appointment. Everything went great but there were a few little tweeks Lindsay (Children's Hospital Prosthetics) had to make to make things more comfortable for Kyla. Her poor little arm was turning purple and bright red, because the socket was so tight :( Lindsay is going to make a little more room for her arm and we will go back up in 3 weeks to get the finished prosthetic.

It was so strange seeing her with an arm. It was different, but good. I think she looks cute with it on. Here are some pics. She likes to chew on the long velcrow strap, but this will be cut shorter so that she won't just think it's a chew toy in the future.

We took Daddy to The Cheesecake Factory on Pike in Seattle for dinner for his first Father's Day. Such a beautiful restaurant and good food. I always try to plan something on our trips to the Hospital just to make sure that they are somewhat fun and not just another "task" to add to our list of things to do.

By the way - I had stated in earlier posts that each time we go to Children's I never see any sick kids or kids like Kyla. Today made me change that statement. We saw probably 5 or 6 kids that had cancer or something (walking around with bald heads and feeding tubes going down their nose or in wheelchairs, pale and bald heads). I can't even imagine having a child that was sick like that. Thank God our child's issue is so very mild in comparison.