Another Good Day

Another good day today, Libby slept well in her night splints and we don’t appear to have any rubbing or sores on her day or night splints, so very pleased with that. Libby managed to get off the loo and stand up without any support this morning (so she likes to tell everyone) and she couldn’t wait to show Michael in therapy – but we left out the loo!!

We had a good therapy session, Libby needs to adjust to the extra weight her legs are carrying and also the huge shoes so there was a little bit of dragging feet here and there and also she was really swinging her left leg out when walking. This got better and better during the session and I’m sure once she is used to the shoes and splints, she’ll be fine – at least I’ll have something to nag about, I can now say ‘don’t swing’ instead of ‘flat feet’ !! Libby also did another circuit of the therapy room, this time in 2 mins instead of 4 mins 48 secs as she did yesterday – sheer determination!

Ben happily went to sibling club because Yasmin’s (having her operation today) brother was going to be there. When we picked him up he had made Libby a lovely chain made out of flowers and said ‘I wasted all my time doing that’!!!

We finished off the day visiting the Delmar Boulevard (The Loop), not much to see really and we stopped off for a Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream – not the best idea to give the children chocolate ice cream in 97° heat, it was melting before they could get it in their mouths and what a mess, Libby had already spilt coke on her white trousers before therapy, along with the Ice cream, the trousers went straight in the bin when we got back!!

One more day to go, we have our last therapy and discharge from the hospital at 11am and then we are hoping the pool will finally be open for a last swim tomorrow and then finish in the evening at the Residence Inn with the other SDR families for a BBQ.