It’s really been 13 months, but I think this picture says a lot. One thing in particular our son gained, when he lost use of his leg, was strength in his upper body.
Crawling around in a spica cast for over 2 months will do that. He was active in gymnastics before the break, and was eager to get back to it. We never discouraged his activity and as it turns out, he really built a lot of upper body strength from having the cast.
I took this photo today at the park – March 16th. Exactly 13 months after he had the cast put on. He can do a handstand, cartwheel, obviously the rings as well.
Tickling doesn’t stand a chance of him losing his grip and in fact, his core muscles are stronger than ever. So there really was something good that came out of the ordeal!
