Repair #5

Well, we made it to the 19th- sorta. Would you believe that this morning, the non-slip bit was coming off AGAIN??? Anyways, today we saw Carly again- who was super understanding about the massive accident on the freeway that made us late. She attached another non-slip surface to the bottom Read more…

Brace #8

Brace #8 today, and it looks great, and is another new design! Look at this print! Scooby looks AWESOME! I was pretty surprised- I expected him to be a lot smaller, and the pattern busier. But Amy is happy, so I am as well.  I really, really like our new Read more…

Brace #7

The alternate title of this post could be “The Moronic Orthotist Who Obviously Hates My Baby” *sigh* Anyways… Today we got brace #7! I was surprised to see we had (yet another!) new brace design- since I was ridiculously specific about every aspect of the brace I wanted… But hey!  Read more…

Brace #6

Guess who got a new brace today? (Brace #6!) This one is kinda back to the old design. It’s (finally!) tall enough, and the front piece is riveted on, so it can’t be misplaced. That’s kinda cool! Fitting it was ROUGH. Amy was super non-cooperative, kicking all over, complaining “IT’S. Read more…

Making Brace #6

I haven’t really been happy with Amy’s new brace for many reasons, but most were somewhat nitpicky. Two were not.  First, the looooong foot plate. Unsurprisingly, after 11 days, she managed to snap that sucker right off, leaving a dangerous point. (I had that cut and sanded off.) Second, it’s Read more…

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