It's been quite a wait.

We even counted down to two weeks too early.



But just this morning, our little one made it to their Linggo ng Wika parade. Today's exactly a week after he made it to school on time for the first periodical exams. Uncast.


(The fiberglass-cast was finally removed Wednesday of last week.)


Weren't we all excited for him to go back to school! It wasn't difficult getting used to an earlier start-the-day routine (preparing stuff from 3:50am, waking him up at 4:30am and carrying him to school at 5:30am).

He'd appear all that dependent and clingy from home all the way up to his classroom on the second floor. But once on his seat, he'd nod repeatedly and reassuringly at us as if saying, "Sige na po, makakaalis na po kayo." We continue to be touched by the simple ways his classmates and teachers welcome him, and especially by some of his classmates' constant gestures of warmth and concern towards him.

And so mornings end with his all-excited high-pitched rundown of how school was (competing with the noise of mostly tricycles bringing pupils home), eyes twinkling with his stories about his new classmates and their subjects and teachers. Bawat tanghali nitong nakaraang linggo, nakakatuwang nakakaiyak na finally, he's back to school!

At home, his 'creations' continue--

"Harold's spinning blade"

"Neil the new engine"

"Decker gets in trouble"

"Tracks of Sodor"

"Harold's helipad"

However, we realize that even if his thighbone has regrown and healed, he wouldn't, couldn't readily walk because the cast had apparently stiffened the flesh surrounding his knee. He's still apprehensive about using the healed leg.


But with constant attempts to practice stepping with that leg's foot, gradually increasing pressure on each step (doctor's instruction), lots of loving advice and encouragement coming from all directions, Tatay's supervision of regular exercises and massage as well as treating him as an uncast child (no more trays, no more special eating corners, no more bedpan and urinal, etc.), we hope that indeed he will be walking again in no time.

Again, thank you all for everything. :)