6 Months Post Surgery

Ok, ok, I know I have been very bad about posting updates here, I have been better on Facebook but I know that isn't fair as not all of you are on Facebook...so...I am back and I will try to do better going forward.  The last 6 months have been busy ones for us to say the least.  When we got back from surgery we went straight into an intensive therapy session that lasted 3 weeks.  Logie made some great progress during this time including getting up to 8 independent steps within about a month of surgery!!

After intensive, we got back to our "new normal" schedule of therapies and school.  Logie has quite the full schedule including:

- Monday - 2 hours PT, 1/2 hour ST
- Tuesday - School from 8-12 and 1 hour Aquatherapy
- Wednesday - School from 8-12 and 1 hour Hippotherapy
- Thursday - 1/2 hour ST, 1 hour OT, 1 hour PT
- Friday - School from 8-12

Just typing all that out makes me tired but he is such a little trooper it doesn't even phase him...this has been his norm for so long he doesn't know the difference and I mean what kid do you know that gets to ride a horse and go swimming every week!?!?

After getting to his 8 steps we hit a bit of a plateau and couldn't seem to get past that point.  When we went back for our 3 month post-op appointment we discussed this with Dr. Park and the therapists.  We were noticing that even with the SDR he was still standing on his tip-toes a lot and his calfs were very tight.  They recommended we do serial casting which means basically little man had to stay in casts on both of his feet for 3 weeks!!  After discussing this with our orthopedic he also recommended some botox in his gastrocs, hamstrings and adductors, so we did all of that at the same time and they casted him up while he was under for the shots.   It was rough but he made it through just like he does with everything else as if it didn't even phase him!

When we got the casts off the difference was amazing, he was standing flat footed and just seemed so much more comfortable walking around, you could definitely see the difference it made!  We got the casts off around Christmas time, which we spent with family in Dallas, allowing us to have our check-in with Dr. Jan.  She was so amazed at how well he was doing and confirmed to us that he did not have any spasticity anymore which although I think we already knew, hearing it from her just made it all that much better!!

In January, Logan started getting some more steps in and I think by the time we started intensive we were at a high of 16 steps.  We noticed that he liked to walk a little too fast (don't we all at time) trying to get to his "motivational device" (aka iPhone) and one of the big things that the therapist wanted to work on during intensive was more controlled and slower steps so that he didn't just lunge forward towards wherever it was he was walking to.

We are a little over half way through intensive therapy and what a difference it makes, it continues to amaze me how much progress can be made in these intensive weeks, kinda makes you want to do it all the time but then you realize 1. that isn't possible with everything else, 2. that would lead to a very tired boy and 3. not sure insurance has the same idea here.

But, now onto the very very exciting news that got me to finally come back to the blog and update you all...today we got 22, you heard me 22!!!  steps in and they looked so good!!!  I unfortunately wasn't there but we were so lucky that the therapist were able to catch it on video for all of us to see and I wanted to be sure and share it with all of you, his faithful and amazing prayer warriors that have been following us along this journey.  Drumroll please...

We still have 4 more days of intensive left so who knows where we may end up next week but all I know is this has been one of the best days ever for this Mommy!!!  I honestly can't stop crying and I am just so proud and amazed at how hard he works every day and just in awe of the little person he is becoming.  On top of his amazing walking progress he is also starting to talk so much more, using full sentences, making jokes and funny voices to make us laugh and is just such a joy to be with.  This has been a long and hard journey but we are making it through and we will succeed and we will never give up, making sure that Logan is going to have the best life he possibly can!  He definitely is our sunshine...

Thank you all for your continued prayers and support, we feel them and we love you all for them, I will try to be much better with my updates especially as we continue out intensive.  I will leave you all with our 2017 recap video including some pictures of what we have been up to over the last couple of months.  Until next time....XOXO