Our New Routine

Our new exercises are going well, except we didn't do them yesterday. S has soccer on Wed and Friday's, so things get hectic. I wanted to write what I noticed last week at soccer. S was running and I noticed that her legs and arms were working together. Her knees were straight up and down and her arms were in sync with her legs!!! This was not what she looked like 6 months ago. She couldn't march in place with her arms and legs in sync. Her knees still went outward with a wider than normal gait. All of that creeping made a difference. Believe it or not, she was still a very fast runner when her legs weren't quite in the right position. If I hadn't been through this journey and someone told me that her legs and arms weren't working together, I would have thought, "Who cares? She is a fast runner." I think that is precisely why people don't get help. They don't see anything that subtle as a hinderence. I freely admit, I wouldn't get help either. It's only when other problems show up later that parents get help. I have said this so many times before, but it's worth repeating. I am grateful for the extent of our early obstacles or I would have never found the help that we needed. How do I spread the word? I've seen people at Bette's talks shaking their head in agreement at all she says and how it applies to their children and then just walk away. I was so grateful to encounter someone who understood everything we were going through and what to do about it. I am so grateful to be where we are in the healing process, but it still is hard to hear people talk about where we came from. Apparently they were very worried, but nice enough not to express that to us until we were in a good place.