Upcoming surgery and casts for our toe-walker

Well, Rachael's surgery is this Friday. I'm starting to get edgy and anxious about it.

I'm not really afraid something will go wrong. But I'm wondering how much pain she'll be in, how uncomfortable the casts will be, and how the braces afterward will work. I'm hoping she can still be in her dance recital in June.

And I hope that, after going through all this, she doesn't somehow start popping back up on her toes again after it's all over.

I'm thinking maybe this is another positive thing about homeschooling. Would second graders make fun of a girl wearing leg braces? Or are kids still nice at that age? I guess there's no telling.