The time has come, we have resisted it, we have squinted up our eyes and looked sideways at it, we've even turned our heads and looked the other way trying not to see that it was coming, but at last it is here and we have no choice but to admit it. On Monday I will call United Seating, the people that procured John's chair, and set an appointment to give the chair a little check-up and to give the boy more speed, acceleration and open the chair up and see what it can do. If you get to be around John and his chair, and you ask if he'll let you, reach over one time and push the control joy stick, it's touchy, it's very sensitive and it's very picky about how it is handled and yet John can use it to slowly follow someone who needs to use a walker without ever getting close to them or making it appear that he is really doing anything other than floating behind them. He can pace us smoothly as we walk, he can glide right up to something without every touching the foot plates to it. He's still 5, but we wouldn't tie the legs of a walking 5 yo together to keep them slowed down and so the time has come that we let them open up the chair. It's a nice time, it makes us smile, fear a bit, but smile!
Couldn't help but share some more pictures, sure is nice to be home near the real camera, and with a boy who is really feeling good.
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