Then there was what happened today (Feb. 25, 2008).
Although he has been happier since transitioning out of casts and into his Mitchells, he has been very reluctant to do any walking. With every new set of casts, he would take about a day and would learn how to walk on them. But now, his feet hurt after three months in casts. There wasn't the cast there to be a support, and he was reluctant to put any pressure on them.
But the last week or so, we noticed he was in much less pain and we were starting to wonder if he would start walking soon. He was standing more on his feet and would walk some with our help, holding onto our fingers.
But today we had to go to Madison, to Lutheran Social Services, for a six month sharing meeting and we stopped at Stride Rite to buy him his first pair of real shoes, the shoes he can wear the four hours a day he is not in his Mitchells. We put the soft, extra-wide, shoes on his feet and he immediately got up and started walking, no assistance. He just smiled and off he went.
Here are the pics.
4 comments:
Dan!
I just saw the link from Laura Koch's blog and (not even realizing it was you) clicked on it.
Congratulations on the newest addition to your family, and prayers for Nathanael's continued progress!
Rich Heinz http://revfrheinz.blogspot.com/
Rich!
How great it is to hear from you. How wonderful it was to read your blog too. Sounds like you're having fun.
Thanks for the well wishes. N's been a real blessing to all of us. Just seeing him walk was really great.
The great subplot to yesterday's visit to the shoe store is that we think we made the salesperson's day too when we just up and started walking.
The Lord bless you and yours richly also.
Dan
We were so happy to view the blog and hear about Nathanael's story. How wonderful! It sounds like everything is going great. We will continue to pray for Nathanael...best of luck! God has truly blessed your family with such a sweet boy.
Chad, Laura, and Noah Miller
Congratulations to Nathanael!!! I LOVED watching the video and seeing the photos!!! A pair of shoes never looked so good!!! You are all in my thoughts and look forward to more photos! Miss you all...Mindy :)
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