As you may know Violet is a toe walker. She has always loved to just prance around on her toes like a ballerina. It's super cute and so sweet, except for the part where her leg muscles are tightening up and may actually get shorter. That is not ok.
So after several Dr visits with her pediatrician, a physical therapist and an orthopedic specialist, today we picked up Violet's magic boots! I'll post a picture later, but for now, Violet is still not too happy about these magic boots. They are called AFO leg braces if you want to google them, but they look like small walking cast, they are molded to her feet and they have butterflies on them!
I was really nervous about todays appointment, and I was really concerned with how Violet would react to wearing her new braces or if she would agree to wear them at all. I knew that she would be upset about them and for those of you that know Violet she can be quite the raging storm when she is really upset. As we were pulling out of our parking lot this morning, I saw an elderly gentleman walking with a can and I happened to look at his feet (I don't really know why) and he was wearing special shoes that have a heel platform to help support him because he too was a toe walker and had never had it corrected. I have never seen this man before and I'm not sure he even lives in our complex, there is a retirement community across the street so maybe he was just taking a walk and decided to take a walk in our parking lot, but I do know that whatever his reason was, he was there to calm my nerves before our appointment and help me to see what all the effort would be for.
So Heavenly Father didn't calm Violet and make it so she would instantly love her new boots and be agreeable and wear them when required, but he calmed me so that I could have the patience and the resolve to work with Violet so that she could get used to her new boots. So even though there has been a lot of crying, screaming and even some throwing stuff, we've made it and I know we have been watched over today.
Sometimes it is those small and simple things that just get you through the trials of life.
My goal was for Violet to wear her braces for 1 hour and after I got her calmed down she did agree to wear them and even walked around in them a little bit towards the end of her hour. When the timer went off she ripped them off and shouted HURRAY!!! it was adorable, now if only we can repeat this tomorrow we will be on our way.
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You are an awesome mother! You are so kind and wonderful.
You don't get told that enough!
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