One thing I've learned in the last 3 years is that those of us with functional legs cannot even begin to imagine how important a wheelchair is to someone who doesn't have the ability to walk. Because of a miscommunication with the surgeon's office, Ian ended up with a non functional wheelchair after his surgery. In other words, we are paying a month's rental for a chair that he can't even sit in. Anyway, our incredibly wonderful OT and PT were on it immediately and managed to get the parts (which had to be painted and shipped from CA) here in record time, so Ian could have his chair back. Lenard came this morning and attached them and we wasted no time! We headed out into this beautiful weather and Ian directed me to his favorite corner. He still LOVES watching semis roll by and tries to get them to honk.
It all reminded me of how often we used to do this when he first came home and before he started school. If you care to see what he looked like 3 years ago, you can go here. Some things never change.
Not only did he get to see lots of semi trucks, but we had a caravan of large vehicles pull onto our road due to a problem. I asked if they minded an audience while they figured it out because they were making Ian's day! So, he got to see everything up close and personal until they pulled out again.
You can see by the above picture, that he still has splints on, but gets the casts tomorrow. He's doing really well but frequently asks me to take those things off his legs.
To everyone who has been praying, thank you! What was supposed to be a one day hospital stay turned into a 3 day visit because something made Ian very sick (anesthesia, narcotics, flu bug???) and it took awhile before he could keep anything down. He is back to his normal happy self and boy, are we thankful!!! Now we begin the serial casting process.
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