Just a week before Christmas, sweet Dylan was totally reliant on a wheelchair or a walker to get anywhere. It was exactly one week before Christmas day, Dylan proudly showed the doctor that he could take 3 whole unassisted painful steps from the chair to the exam table. We were so excited about that. To me it was a miracle - but that was just the beginning, it turns out.
That day the doctor, worried about bone and muscle loss and Dylan's increasingly twisted little body, decreed that the walker and wheelchair be done away with, and prescribed one crutch. This really worried me. Dylan was finally starting to get around pretty good with the walker, and so happy to be able to get up and about a bit. His attempts to use crutches were painful and akward. So the prescription on only one crutch seemed like a step back to immobility, and that would make him unhappy and me the bad guy.
I was right. He hated the crutch... so he tossed it, literally.
That was only one week before.
On Christmas Day Dylan could do this:
Progress had been so slow for so long, and then all of the sudden...
Now the walker and crutchs are right where they should be - in the garage, never to be used again, hopefully.
Miracles really do happen, especially on Christmas!
6 comments:
Shelly, I am so happy he is walking around so well. The Lord is blessing you all.
That is so great! I'm glad that he's doing so much better. :)
YOU GO DYLAN!!!! THis put a smile on my face!
Yay!!!! Go Dylan! That is so great! He'll get completely better in no time at all!
He is such a sweet, sweet kid. Dayna
Dylan is an amazing young man. He never ceases to amaze me with his talent and hard work. We love you all, The Keechler's
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