Bummer!

No braces yet. The braces are made out of plastic which is heated and then pulled into shape over the casts that were made off of John's little feet and legs. When the plastic was pulled it had a problem and couldn't pass quality control so they are back to the drawing board and we are still in the waiting game.

We had a nice therapy session with Shawna, it sure is hard to tell a good therapist good-bye. Shawna has been with John, with us, since early last year when John could not sit up by himself, couldn't roll over at all, cried when you put him on his knees, stood for only seconds at a time and then only with much support and cried through therapy most of the time, oh and lets not forget needed a mommy break at least twice during the hour long session. She's been through more hospitalizations than I can remember, and each time when John came home a little weaker, able to do a few less things, and a little crabbier she would start where he was and gently help him get back to where he had been before he got sick and a few steps further. We will miss her dearly, but know that God will provide a good therapist for John and that all the kids that Shawna takes care of will be well blessed with her loving care!

We started John's vitamin E supplement on Friday and of course aren't seeing any dramatic results, but then he's only had two doses and we of course have little or no patience.

Friday on the way home from Columbia, John slept a good bit and then when he woke up and we weren't getting out proceeded to scream all the way home! He's getting much louder or our hearing has drastically improved with time. There were of course no gypsies to sell him to on the way so we brought him home for a little much-needed rest before we headed to church to help set up for the rummage sale.

At church he was in a great mood. We took his gait-trainer so that he could wander around while we helped get things set up. He loved it. At first he was content to just kinda wander around the parish hall but when he found the open side-door to the sanctuary he started sneaking to the front. It would get all quiet and then we would notice that he had disappeared again. The little silly guy would be stuck between the pews and folding curtain alongside the pews heading to the front with all his might. Never did figure out exactly what he was after, but once we closed the door he decided to go explore the kitchen. He was in great form all night and had a wonderful time.

This morning he slept in some and then was ready to go again. We took him to church for the rummage sale for a while, of course we didn't take the gait-trainer because there were too many people around but one of the nice ladies, Barbara, held him and let him play in a utensil drawer and so he had a good time anyway.

The rest of the day has been rather peacefully dull, well except that after his nap he turned circles in his bed enough that he had to have another bath. Silly guy! He played well downstairs while I was working on bulletins and now is fully refusing to go to sleep. He's asking for his ears and acting like he's ready to stay up indefinitely. Poor kid, I just don't think it's going to work.