Alot has happened since my last post. Almost two weeks ago, Bree got her AFO's. Her excitement was barely containable. She was so excited that they were all hers. She kept telling the orthotist "thank you, thank you".
Fortunately she loves to wear them as she isn't allowed to stand without them on. We also recieved that day her knee brace that is supposed to facilitate flexion of her right knee. She has made so much progress with this on her own, but it still isn't first nature to bend that knee. The thought was if she is made to flex while she slept the knee would flex even more. When they produced this contraption (pictured below) I thought I was going to cry. I was literally nauseous. How in the world did they expect her to sleep in this thing! I must admit, my attitude was poor!
So we left the orthotist and went to buy Bree her first pair of shoes-somewhat stressful experience. AFO's just don't fit into any shoe. Both our PT and the orthotist told us to go to Payless as they carried the most wide shoe selection. Now for those of you who know Doug can imagine that the mention of Payless just about stroked him out! But he went with the flow and Payless it was....until the next day when he took her to Stride Rite! Ultimately a good decision on his part as they work with AFO's all the time. So now we have a pair of Payless shoes collecting dust! Fast forward 10 days and Bree is making huge strides with her walking. Her PT thinks she is so close that she has upped her visits to twice weekly and said she won't even need a K-walker! Oh-and about that knee brace and sleeping. The first night Doug and I prayed over Bree with the brace on and she slept the entire night through and has continued to do so ever since. If she does wake up it's just to make sure we are still there. We are so filled with love for our Lord for answering all our prayers with Bree and remain faithful to serving Him!
So we left the orthotist and went to buy Bree her first pair of shoes-somewhat stressful experience. AFO's just don't fit into any shoe. Both our PT and the orthotist told us to go to Payless as they carried the most wide shoe selection. Now for those of you who know Doug can imagine that the mention of Payless just about stroked him out! But he went with the flow and Payless it was....until the next day when he took her to Stride Rite! Ultimately a good decision on his part as they work with AFO's all the time. So now we have a pair of Payless shoes collecting dust! Fast forward 10 days and Bree is making huge strides with her walking. Her PT thinks she is so close that she has upped her visits to twice weekly and said she won't even need a K-walker! Oh-and about that knee brace and sleeping. The first night Doug and I prayed over Bree with the brace on and she slept the entire night through and has continued to do so ever since. If she does wake up it's just to make sure we are still there. We are so filled with love for our Lord for answering all our prayers with Bree and remain faithful to serving Him!
