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Sitting Pretty and Standing Tall

Worn out after getting casts off and splints fitted
 The first  week of therapy is down and I am worn to a frazzle. We had therapy every day except Monday. The sessions we had a Scottish Rite were extremely long but they got Maddy set up the best she can possible be.
This is one way to hold an umbrella
 After we got Maddy's casts of and her temporary splints on Friday we were able to have a nice weekend of taking it easy and getting Maddy used to being without casts. She is still kind of insecure without anything on her legs. We've gotten her to where she will take her splints off for a while but she wants her socks on at all times. On Friday she was crying and wanting her casts back on. Silly girl! We think her left knee especially is still pretty stiff and sore and having the splints or something on helps with the sensitivity.
Maddy's "princess face"

Pool time!
 Maddy did not want to get in the pool on Friday at all. We were able to get her to do a bath but that was it. Over the weekend we got her back in the pool and she loved it after a little bit. She likes playing with this fish toy that Tammy got her for her birthday.
catching fish

trying it out
 On Tuesday we had our first day of therapy. The therapist decided that the splints Maddy had were definitely not going to work. She told the orthodics person to make the knees straighter and the feet flat instead of pointed down (or as they say planter flexed). Because of how her feet were angled in the splints they gave her at first, she had to have huge wedges on her shoes. They were 1.75 and 1.5 inch heels. She also had to wear them on the wrong feet because they decided she needed the wedging the other way to walk better. It was crazy and made her really clumsy. Nevertheless, she practiced walking in them and even walked down the hall with her walker to see the therapist on Wednesday.

A fun push toy
Today we went back to Scottish Rite. They had her new splints ready. We had a crazy morning becuase I had a really bad headache in the middle of the night. I guess we were tired from the week to. We were supposed to be there at 10:30 and I woke up at 9:47. Yikes! Somehow we made it only 10 minutes late. We went to orthodics first and they fitted her new splints. Besides having the different angles, the new splints were also taller to give her more support at the back of her legs. Then they tried on her shoes and put just a small amount of wedging inside the shoe in the heel. This all took awhile so we were late getting to therapy. When we got to therapy they watched her walk and tried out different walkers for her. Maddy is so small they have a hard time finding walkers that are the right height. They do have them but apparently they are out on loan a lot. After trying several different styles and deciding to ditch the K Walker because she was leaning to far back in  it, they decided she needed something she could push in front of her. All the walkers we tried out just didn't seem quite right so they gave her this push toy to take home and practice with. She really loves this toy and I think it will motivate her to practice. Plus it is really light so it is very easy for her to push around, even on the carpet. When we go back to therapy on Tuesday we'll try to find a good fit for her as far as a walker. After we did all this we had to go back down to orthodics and do a final fine tuning on the splints. We didn't leave the hospital til about 1:30 so it was a very long and busy morning.
Having fun!
 Maddy really loves being able to walk. I think she will want to do it even more as she figures out how it helps her get around and get into things. She looks so good right now. She is standing so tall and is moving around walking as smoothly as I've ever seen her do yet. I'm really, really excited about what she is going to accomplish in the next few weeks and what she has already accomplished.
This is the best toy ever!
Finally, here are a couple of videos of Maddy walking and dancing with her push toy (it plays music):

I think Maddy needs some dance lessons from Aunt Jenna. :)

Comments

Jessica said…
Love it!!! Such a beautiful sweet girl! She looks like she is loving walking. :)
June 3, 2011 at 8:26 AM
bee said…
I am so happy. I could almost cry seeing her standing up so straight and walking and even trying to dance. Way to go Maddy! I can't wait to see you in person.
June 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Anonymous said…
Yay Maddy! So adorable!
brittany
June 3, 2011 at 4:41 PM
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