"That was the best!!"

"That was the best," exclaimed Przemek as Josie finished the most amazing first round of cane walking today. It is the video at the bottom. It looks like he is touching her but he isn't. He is just prepared to catch her if she goes over. You can hear him say the line after she falls into his arms after walking. We were all so excited to see her really turn the corner. Yesterday and last night were truly the turning point. It will be so much easier for her for the rest of the season. All she has to do now is perfect the cane walking. In another week or so he will start the preparation towards independent walking. This is just preparations. His goal is to complete this by the end of next summer. I have seen him work miracles so far and I don't doubt for a minute that he can do it.

Let's recap for a brief moment...the first day of therapy this summer at the end of June, Sylvia had to hold Josie's hips up, help her shift her weight, move her feet and help her move the walker. Now she is walking totally independently with the walker and is walking with the canes. She proceeded to do 4 more rounds with the canes today and her "breaks" today consisted of her walking around with the walker pushing the stool all over the gym. Breaks before were sitting in the corner resting legs so she could walk some more. Wow. I am so impressed with her attitude and hard work. I am also including the video that she wanted to record today. She says in it that she loves her canes. I think she said that to put an even bigger smile on my face.

I will stop writing today so you can see for yourself her progress. It is about 5 minutes long. He wants her walking to be slow and meticulous so that it is done with such perfection that she forms perfect habits. It will be almost impossible to break bad habits. My love to all, Jenny and Wonder Woman Josie

***Can't get the walking video to load! Will try again in the morning.***

I can't seem to get the video loaded. I did put it on Youtube. If you type in Josie walking Oct. 28, 2009 and scroll down a bit you can see it. I will try again tonight to get it loaded on this site