The brace is off!
After reviewing Sam's latest x-rays, Dr. Brown said that he is healing nicely and can begin cutting down on the amount of time he has to wear his brace. He is going without it for about 1/2 a day now and hopes to be done with it before School starts. Kris and Sam have been spending a fair amount of time at Mary Free Bed doing physical therapy 3 times a week. Sam is getting stronger and is able to do more and more. He is transferring from his wheelchair into the van without the assistance of a sliding board. He is just pulling his weight right up into the seat then yanking his legs into place.
Sam is feeling the frustration of the tedious work of dressing and other "life" things that are much harder to perform than in the past. In truth, we are all feeling that. Sometimes it is hard work to keep smiling and positive because reality is reality. It is at those times that good friends and the grace of God takes over. We are sooooooooo very proud of Sam, his attitude, and just who he is. He has a huge personality and has a gift of making us laugh and smile.
Kris and Sam went to Ada Christian yesterday to try out the building. That seemed to go well. We need to figure out how the whole bus thing will pan out yet.
Last night we had our company picnic. One of the planned events was the three leg race. Sam was not ready to be on the sidelines... we each put a leg in the brown sack and using my other leg and Sam's right wheel from his wheelchair, we took off towards the finish line. We did not win, and the sack got caught under the front wheel of his chair and almost caused us to face plant in the grass. We laughed a lot but we eventually did finish! Yes, we can still have good fun...
Have a great weekend!
Sam is feeling the frustration of the tedious work of dressing and other "life" things that are much harder to perform than in the past. In truth, we are all feeling that. Sometimes it is hard work to keep smiling and positive because reality is reality. It is at those times that good friends and the grace of God takes over. We are sooooooooo very proud of Sam, his attitude, and just who he is. He has a huge personality and has a gift of making us laugh and smile.
Kris and Sam went to Ada Christian yesterday to try out the building. That seemed to go well. We need to figure out how the whole bus thing will pan out yet.
Last night we had our company picnic. One of the planned events was the three leg race. Sam was not ready to be on the sidelines... we each put a leg in the brown sack and using my other leg and Sam's right wheel from his wheelchair, we took off towards the finish line. We did not win, and the sack got caught under the front wheel of his chair and almost caused us to face plant in the grass. We laughed a lot but we eventually did finish! Yes, we can still have good fun...
Have a great weekend!
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Hi. This is Rachel (sorry I don't have a blogger sign-in). I just saw the recent postings and the pics of the wheelchair and bike. I wanted to pass along that when I was at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic last weekend (we saw Agassi play), part of the tournament was the National Capital Wheelchair tennis tournament. When I was there, they had at least ten courts of wheelchair tennis going at once. It was fantastic to watch.
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Anonymous, at 2:02 PM
Hey Wassinks! We're still thinking of you! What is the latest news? Has school started for Luke and Sam yet? How is that going? We are hoping that the adjustment and everything else in life is going well and hope to hear an update soon! :-)
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