Redefining MommyhoodJourney of a mom whose son is overcoming hypotonia

I spend the majority of my blog time talking about Luke’s hypotonia and the journey we have been on for the past year or so to get him caught up. He has come a long way since he started physical therapy in May of 2009. He had PT today at Brooks Rehab. He stood independently for a few minutes and even took a couple steps on his own! The therapist and I were very excited!

While we were in the waiting area waiting for our therapist, there was an older man and woman chatting. They were both in wheelchairs. The woman mentioned something about a stroke, but I’m not sure what happened to the man. They were comparing notes about different nursing homes in the area. The man said that he is 61 years old! He is younger than Luke’s grandpas! I know he has family because he was talking to me about Luke and mentioned that he had just seen his 4 year old grandson. It made me really sad!

No matter what we have going on in our lives, or how bad things seem, we are given our lives for a reason. We need to make the most of them while we can. Luke can’t walk right now, but there are plenty of adults who could walk as toddlers, but they can’t now. You never know what this life has in store for you.

Luke was given to me for many reasons. I accept him the way he is (this took a little while for me to do though) and continue to work along with him to give him the best life possible. That is what any parent does (or should do), no matter the circumstances. I am very lucky to have him in my life:)