What happens when the cast comes off?
• The neck and back muscles will be ‘floppy’ from lack of use and your child will have to wear a collar. Ask for an extra collar, one for bathing, one for eating, one to look nice and clean for going out. • Expect some really dry skin where the vest was. • “I got very nauseous after just getting out of my halo. I spent most of the 4 months I was in the cast laying on my left side. I distinctly remember sitting up in my hospital bed for the first time after the halo was removed. My doctor was standing at the end of the bed. At first, he was vertical. Then, all of the sudden, my brain turned the image 90 degrees and he was sideways.
