Rockin' and Rollin'

This week has been a tough week for both Kory and I, but it also was a week of victories! One of those "wins" for our family is that Kiana finally received her reverse walker on Thursday!

Kiana has diplegic spastic cerebral palsy. Diplegic because it affects only her legs and not her arms and spastic because her leg muscles are super tight (as opposed to be being too loose). We are so thankful for the entire medical team that we have treating Kiana. Her neurologist is amazing and has made it his goal to get Kiana independently mobile. Shriner's has given her a pair of AFO's (ankle foot orthodics) to help stablize ankles. While her upper legs are tight to the point where she can't fully straighten her legs, her ankles are extremely flimsy. And most of all we are so in love with her physical therapist. She fought so hard for us to get Kiana this amazing walker, complete with a seat!

Kiana has so much fun walking around the house with it. There is so much joy there! She is not quite yet a fan of it when she has to do it with her AFO's on though. While they help stablize her legs, they are heavy and force her to not drag her feet as much when she walks. So far she has only used it at physical therapy and around the house, but I am looking forward to when see has enough control of it that we can take it everywhere!

Kiana is already turning into a pro though after only a couple of days! She can maneuver it around objects and quickly picked up on how to put the seat up and down while still standing with the walker. She can get in and out of the walker all by herself too! Her strength overall has increased so much over the last 5 months and we can't wait to see what else is to come. Watch out world... Kiana is on the move!