Here we are a month post-cast removal, and things have improved significantly. He is now walking on his own without a walker.. and he's not crawling around the house anymore.
His foot is still pretty stiff and he is more comfortable turning his foot and leg out to the left to hobble on it instead of pointing it straight to "heel-toe" it....
We saw Dr. Nelson today and he is not worried about that. He thinks it will come with time. He is pleased to see it so over corrected that Josiah likes to walk with it pointing out. This is because he knows it will eventually start to turn in and then, hopefully, be right where it should be.
We discussed the right foot today, and he is thinking that it does not need to go through the TSF operation, at least not anytime soon. He is thinking that when Josiah is a teenager, he can have an operation on it if it continues to turn or he starts walking more on the outside of it like he was on the left. We've been doing physical therapy for 2 weeks, and have 2 weeks left. We could continue it, but it's expensive for us ($60/week) and Dr. Nelson said that we could just work with him at home. He said that, really, the best thing for Josiah would be to take him to the park and let him play on it. PT is all about gaining flexibility & strength, so play is the best medicine.
We'll return to see Dr. Nelson in 3 months. Prayerfully, by then, Josiah will be running.
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