We were so excited to see some of the family for dinner that night. Luke was elated that Josie finally made it home. They are such cute little buddies. It has taken us a bit to get acclimated. The body and mind need a little break so we are moving rather slow the past few days. Except for the fact that on Monday morning Josie had an orthodontist appt. and in the afternoon she saw her orthopedic surgeon at Children's Hospital LA. He thought she was doing quite well. Before we left he was a bit worried about her heel cords and how tight they were. Now he isn't worried about them at all. This is a good reminder to me that there are subtle differences that I forget we have worked out. When I focus so hard on just the walking, I forget that we have taken care of other problems as well. It was drawn to my attention yesterday that since she started intensive physical therapy she hasn't required one orthopedic surgery to correct anything. That is beyond amazing since the fact that up until then she had at least one or two a year. She is so good that there isn't any even on the horizon. What a huge relief.
I have to admit that the walking at home was less than impressive for Sunday and Monday. I was making her do it but she was so uneasy. She was falling every few steps which is so unlike her. She was walking with bent knees and canes going all over. I started to panic slightly and was about to get Przemek on Skype to watch it. After breakfast today she was getting ready to walk to the family room. At that moment it dawned on me that she has been wearing her new black shoes for the past 2 days. Przemek has this theory that her pink sandals are her lucky shoes. I put her back in the chair, ran to the room and changed her into her "lucky" pink sandals. Sure enough she went flying across the room just like she has been for the past few weeks. Przemek- You are right again, just needed her lucky shoes or to threaten to call you if she didn't pick it up!! The rest of the day was perfect walking again. My faith has been restored.
Tonight she was walking around the kitchen and decided to stop at the freezer. I was just saying to my mom yesterday that she doesn't just stand at things and play. I was wishing she would do more of that. Well tonight she did. She opened and closed the freezer for at least 25 minutes. She would balance herself on her left cane. If she started to loose her balance or just need to reposition she would grab her right cane and do so on her own. I think I only had to catch her once and it was at the end when her legs got tired. She had so much fun and it was awesome to see her playing like a normal kid. We may have defrosted everything in there but well worth it.
Cute Josie and Luke decided to make a fort today which they spent a great deal of time in together. None of us were allowed in, but Grandpa was when he got home. Another great day of make believe.
We miss you all in Michigan. It is weird not to be there. We are slowly reentering here. Josie doesn't return to school until the Monday after Thanksgiving so it gives us time to get the appointments done and give her a little break. Thanks for checking in on us. We appreciate the support. We couldn't have done the last 5 months without all the amazing support we have received. Thank you for that. We are truly blessed. Jenny and Josie
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