Sonnet gets SMOs

Sonnet got her first pair of SMOs (Supra-Malleolar Orthosis) yesterday.  They help to give her support while standing.

She was super impressed as you can see. She would rather throw them than wear them!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are a very thankful people this year, for sure!  We celebrated with the big meal with Ethan's mom, our adult "kids" and grandkids last weekend, so today was a relaxed day at home with no big expectations.  In fact, Tikvah had requested our Thanksgiving meal be a la Charlie Brown style with popcorn, jelly beans and toast!

 

One fun thing we did today was to let Sonnet try out her Upsee.  We have had this for a couple of months, but due to the amount of seizures she had been having, we hadn't been able to let her try it out.  In case you don't know what this is, I'll explain.  First, the adult puts on the belt, then the child puts on a vest like harness.

The child's harness is attached to the adult's support belt.

And then both put on the sandals.  There is a small one and a large one hooked together for each side.

Sinch up the straps...

And you're ready to walk!

I was able to get a short video of Sonnet walking with her Upsee for the first time, but Blogger says the file is too large to upload.  However if you would like to see it, you can watch it on YouTube here https://youtu.be/k8aFBpe0Pr8

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving also!