Luke is doing great! He is now in preschool 3 mornings per week. I get to go to the gym across the street while he is at school. It’s good for me to have some “quiet” time and get back into shape. It’s good for him to be with other “normal” kids his age too. I do have some concerns about some of the “bully” type boys in his class pushing him over etc, but this has been addressed with the school and teacher. Hopefully, he will stay safe in his class now and feel like he can keep up with everyone else.

Luke also graduated from his Early Intervention physical therapy since he turned 3 last week:) We are still supplementing with PT at the out patient rehab, but we have only been going once every 3 weeks to check in and have her track his progress. We are still working on running and jumping. Luke is getting faster and is very close to running though and I got him a small trampoline w/ a handle that he has been using to practice his jumping skills.

We also decided to go ahead with one more test through our neurologist. It was a blood test to check for Collagen 6. We had it done over a month ago, but still have not received any results. It’s a very specialized and expensive test that needed to be shipped out to the Mayo Clinic, so it will take awhile. I’m hoping and confident that it will be normal.

We also had a second opinion from another orthopedic surgeon about Luke’s ankles/feet still pronating. He said the same as the other doctor we saw months ago…”leave him alone”. It’s better for him to use all of the muscles in his feet and ankles, rather than bind them into braces. I’m relieved that we won’t have to spend $1900 on new braces!! He hasn’t worn his old DAFOs since April 2010. He had some simple inserts for awhile after that, but I didn’t notice much of an improvement.

I will try and keep things updated on here as the occur!! I hope everyone out in Bloggy World had a great Thanksgiving:)

Tuesday we had our mommy & me class. Our Early Steps PT stopped by to see us. She wanted to see how Luke was playing and interacting w/ the other kids. He tries really hard to play on the toddler playground equipment and he likes to stand and “dance” to the music at the end of class. She was happy to see him in action:) I was a little confused though because she said this would be a “therapy session”, but she didn’t really do any therapy. She told me she has us back on the calendar for October 14th.

In the meantime, we are still pursuing the additional PT at the outpatient office. We had our first official therapy session on Friday. Our new PT there is pretty good. She showed me some things to do with Luke that were new. I think they will help strengthen his legs. She also put in the order for his ankle braces. We are waiting on the ortho company to call us to set something up. I think they will really make a big difference with the way he stands (see pic above).

Thursday we went to a local farm with the moms club. Luke loved all of the animals and was brave enough to try and feed one of the goats. We had fun, but I just wish he could have walked around with all of the other kids and interacted more with the animals. I will take him back and hopefully soon he can stand and feed the animals.

Our weekend was pretty boring. The only “family outing” we had was today to go to Lowes, then we had breakfast for dinner at Cracker Barrel. Well, Luke didn’t have breakfast, he had chicken and mashed potatoes. Daddy and I pigged out on breakfast yummies:)

We have a busy week ahead of us with mommy & me, therapy, storytime, and maybe a playdate.