Will Work For Food

Seriously, who wants to do some happy-dancin' with me?!?!!? Can you BELIEVE our little miracle-girl?! Brooklyn got this walker (called a Gait Trainer) a little while ago, but we just have been working with it and her AFOs (Ankle-Foot Orthotics.... we call them her "boots) after wearing them for only 4 days! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS GIRL?! (Grapes certainly help her work hard.... food is her best bait in PT.) In four days, she went from "Oh, look at this shiney thing that rolls?? Cool. And man, these things on my feet make me SO MAD, I'm just gonna sit here and fuss...." to "Maybe all this will help me walk across the room and get those grapes that Mommy dangles in front of my face." I know she's only gonna get better at it. So exciting! (Yes, you can see how she is SUPER pidgeon-toed. Her muscle imbalance has gotten worse as her legs have gotten stronger, so they turn in now more than ever. Hopefully soon we'll get a solution for that so she doesn't trip all over herself. For now she doesn't care, and she's learning, so we're cool.)

Other news... she had a urodynamics test done on her bladder and kidneys today. It was horrible, absolutely horrible for B. She was as hysterical as she's ever been for almost 2 hours straight. Yeah, rough day for BOTH of us. Anyways.... The urologist said that her system looks PERFECT for a 15 month old. Not sure what the future will hold when she needs to try and get out of diapers, but for NOW he is taking her off her cathedar system and antibiotics! WAHOO!!! I can't believe it. No more kidney reflux, and a perfectly emptying bladder. Awesome.

All in all, let this blog be a TOTAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR AWESOME GOD! I mean, we know He is always good, all the time. But I can't help but do some serious happy-dancing in thanks for my little walkin' girl with no cathedars!! Who knows what He'll do next?!

And while I'm shouting out, here's one to Cheryl you see in the video, Brooklyn's PT. She is AMAZING and an absolute angel. Brooklyn looooooooooves her, so do I, and so does Reagan. All my special needs Moms out there will attest to the fact that good therapists are CRUCIAL, just like good nurses in the hospital. She has worked with and loved on my B for over a year now, and she also encourages me like crazy and loves on my Reagan. Couldn't be more thankful for her!! We've prayed for God to put the right people in Brooklyn's life ever since we found out about the SB, and He gave us a direct answer in Cheryl.