The end of a beginning

April 7, 2011

Five days, 14 hours, 556 miles that’s the time spent in the car taking Nathan to and from school, and conductive education. That doesn’t count the nine hours of school and 10 hours of therapy.

Yes, it’s a lot of running around, but I have to say we think it was worth it. We are now complete with this session, but we’re already signed up for at least one session of summer out in Marysville.

Maybe it’s because it’s something new, with new people paying attention to him, but it seems to be sinking in, and another round of new skill sets to add to his repertoire. Walking without his orthotics, it’s the first time we’ve seen him get his heels to the ground. There have also been noticeable improvements in his intentional release, and a renewed interest in scooting, hoping to crawl soon.

With this blossoming success, come more responsibilities at home. Fostering the environment for Nathan to continue to move forward (literally) as well as continuing some of the exercises, even if that means another construction project for me.

On the last day, the conductors showed Annette and me, how he was doing better sitting on his own. We saw how they had him positioned and how to work on doing something similar at home. They then, moved him into another position with his arms grabbing onto the back of ladder-based chairs, bearing the weight on his arms and making him do the work of staying up and active. Now, I’ve already bought the pieces to make two small ladder-like supports out of PVC piping and hopefully we’ll have something functional for him very soon.

This week, Nathan still has school and hopefully the schedule will relax. Next week equine-assisted therapy starts back up, and before too long, the Miracle League (adapted baseball) will begin its season. We’re hoping to sneak in at least one Easter egg hunt as well.

I almost didn’t know what to do with myself over the weekend. The car almost got a couple days off, and so did Nathan. Thank you for everyone for support, prayers and messages. They all make a difference, of that we’re sure.

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