We arrived back at Gillette ready for a full day of therapies on Friday, the day after a totally awesome Christmas! Luke got to scoot around the halls of the hospital on a scooter board to give his upper body a workout. 
He has always had huge six year old biceps, often using his arms to compensate for lack of lower body/trunk strength.....so it was fun for him to show off his muscles on the scooter board.
This is 4-year-old Ajaiye and Luke in their standers. Ajaiye is from Aurora, Colorado and she had a Rhizotomy the same day Luke did. Her Mom researched the top 3 hospitals (St. Louis, New York and St. Paul) that do this procedure and liked St. Paul's program the best. (Aren't we fortunate to live within an hour of this great hospital!) Luke and Ajaiye are the only two kids on the unit now rehabilitating after rhizotomies.
There are 6 other kids on the unit either recovering from serious spinal cord injuries or some other disability. Luke has gotten to know several of them well. He has commented on missing his roommate Sam at times, but it's nice that we can spread out in the double room and not bother anyone if we're too loud.
