Thomas with his leg casts

These were the casts that were put on to straighten out his bowed legs. The original brace that the doctor put between them was no match for the little boy, and Dad had to reinforce them with a piece of angle iron that he taped on. As you can see that didn't fare too well either. When they went to saw the casts off, Thomas "freaked" out because he thought they were going to cut his legs off.