New Glasses and more...

It’s been a fun few weeks and life is good! We’ve finally been able to get into a good routine and Suzie is getting stronger and braver every day. She’s been working with physical therapy at school and we are seeing some of her progress.
She also got glasses! She doesn’t love wearing them but is getting better at keeping them on and is super cute!
It’s been 3 months since her last fracture (not counting surgery) and we hope and pray that this streak continues!

This past weekend Suzie didn’t want to wait for Mommy to finish the dishes and put herself down for her nap! 🙌🙌🙌 I checked the monitor and was amazed to see her lying in bed!

Suzie has been using this bumbo chair in her baths for the past year. Without it she cries and clings to the sides of the tub with white knuckles. Last week she got herself out of it during her bath! She’s so brave!!

She likes to practice standing by my bedside

Covered her head to avoid having to wake up

When you can’t get your shoe off, just use your face for leverage!

Her kindergarten class is having a contest and keeping track of how often they brush their teeth. Suzie is taking it very seriously

One Year!

We met Suzie just over a year ago! That feels so crazy to say as I clearly remember many days in the early months wishing to be a year into this and wondering what life would be like. Well, it’s pretty darn good!! The one year mark did not trigger any trauma issues with Suzie (people can have traumaversaries) and she is healing and getting braver with her legs every day.

We did get news that one of the rods has migrated and may need to do a small procedure to tap it back into place but it’s not bothering her right now so we are just watching it.

Suzie started scooting around after a couple days out of her brace. After about a week she started going up stairs again and just recently she started climbing on the couch and pushing up to almost standing while holding onto furniture. The exciting thing is that we now get to encourage all of this and don’t have the fear of breaking just from standing!

Last fall we installed an in ground pool to allow Suzie to do water therapy on a regular basis. She was so excited to use the pool again!! This girl loves being in the water which is great because it’s the absolute best thing for her!

Also, for Christmas she got a little stationary bike, but after her femur broke, we hid it away and didn’t even show her. Last week we got it out and it’s a hit and will be wonderful therapy for her and the game that it shows on the iPad helps her learn her letters...two for one!

She also was able to get her smo ankle braces. We just got them and are gradually getting her used to wearing them. 

We love to look back and see how far we all have come!

bike trainer