So, this is the walkway in front of my house. After taking the wheelchair up the steps yesterday (lame!) we decided I would like to build a cost-effective, temporary, wooden wheelchair ramp. Does anyone have any suggestions or tips? I thought I’d head to Lowe’s and ask for help in Read more…
We’ve only been home from the hospital for a day, but Amy is happy, and learning to roll in her new wheelchair!
Guess what happened today? A care package for surgery arrived, just in time! It’s from one of Amy’s CPT friends, one who shares her doctor. She calls her leg her “lucky” leg, and everything in the package had a Lucky theme! Her favorite by far was the unicorn who was Read more…
Amy is a little better today. Hopfully she’ll kick it this weekend. Right now she’s playing doctor with her brother. ❤
Today was a fun day. We got Amy and her best friend together to see a movie at the theater. Amy has never been to one before. We saw Peter Rabbit, and the kids were all so good! They loved it a lot. Amy and her little friend were so Read more…
I’m bummed out today. I woke Amy up this morning and was rubbing her special leg. She stopped me right away. She said I was hurting her and needed to put her brace on. She’s never done that before. It was one thing when she’s bugging me to carry her. Read more…
November. Novembers have been a rough month for me lately. In 2015, November was the year my older daughter was admitted into the hospital. Her seizures were getting closer and closer together and becoming even more injurious. It was awful. Last year, November 2016, Amy had had that fall and wasn’t able Read more…
Amy made a new friend, one her age with the same condition. We’ve never met anyone who has a special leg like Amy, so it was awesome to connect today. The pair became fast friends. Amy showed off her pink brace, and Salome showed off her butterfly prosthetic. Amy was Read more…
Amy is going to be Batgirl for Halloween, and has black tights to wear. But… brace. What to do? a) Wear the tights under the brace, and rock the brace in all its glory. Batgirl can have a special leg, plus you don’t want her to get too hot! b) Read more…