Friday, January 9, 2009

The end is within sight!

Friday, January 23rd will be Luke's final day here at Gillette....that's just two more full weeks of therapy. We were given the release date today! So he'll start back to Kindergarten on Monday January 26th as well as begin his six month stint of outpatient daily pyhsical therapy at the Courage Center in Burnsville!
Today Luke did some walking on the treadmill! Assisted, of course. They strapped him into a harness and literally dangled him from a tall machine called a "Lite Gait". This machine can control how much weight of his own Luke is bearing at the touch of a button. He did well, considering these are some of the first steps he has taken since his surgery December 10th. He went about two minutes before his steps got sloppy and his legs turned noodley. There was a white line down the middle of the belt on the treadmill, and Luke was supposed to keep each foot from crossing the line.
Luke wants to show everyone the pictures on his new orthotics: a fancy police car and one not too fierce-looking "police dog".












Luke can nearly tall kneel now without support. Good balancing and core strengthening.
Luke helps Mom mail a letter in the mail drop.