Tomorrow, we will be taking Gwendolyn for serial casting. No, we're not exactly happy about it, but it is necessary and will lead to more good, adventurous, fun stuff for our little fighter Gwendolyn. Serial casting is a noninvasive procedure where Gwendolyn's Orthopedist, Dr. Sean Early, will put well-padded casts on each of Gwendolyn's legs up to just below her knees. The whole point of all of this is to gradually loosen the contractures in Gwendolyn's ankles and Achilles tendons and get her ankles to a more natural, neutral position.
The plan is that she will be in the casts for several weeks and will go directly from the casts into a brand spanking new pair of ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) — in whatever fun color she selects 