Our summer is going great, but we are all looking forward to school starting back up in a few weeks. Jack joined the swim team this summer and loved it. He did amazingly well, being a one-legged swimmer :) He did relays, freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke. He is going to continue with swimming and work with a swim coach once a week. It's really the perfect exercise for him, no impact, lengthens and elongates the entire body, and he enjoys it!
The fierce competitor.
Waiting for his turn to dive in as the anchor for the freestyle relay.
We are still doing therapy at home with the "zap" machine three times a week. The progress he's made is very encouraging, his limping has improved so much. Jamie, Jack's uncle and therapist, came up with a new orthotic for Jack to wear to address his foot issue (his foot is still stuck in the "point your toes" position). The boot forces his foot into the normal "flat foot" position. It's amazing how flat his foot can get once he takes the boot off. We're hoping with time, those mucles/tendons/ligamonts stay stretched out and he can keep that foot flat all the time. For now, we are thrilled with the progress we see.
Here's Jack, doing double-duty, wearing the boot and side-laying on a lumbar roll to stretch his back out. Clearly, he's ecstatic about it all :)
We were lucky enough to take a week and go to the beautiful Kure beach in NC. We had a blast, enjoyed our beach house and didn't do much besides swim, sand, and sun! All the kids loved swimming far out into the water and riding the waves back in, building sandcastles, and enjoying a nice slow paced week.
Jack, hard at work, building a castle.
Trying to get a picture of the 3 of them is virtually impossible, but this picture was definitely my favorite!
I love that photo too!! They look like they're having such a great time!
ReplyDeleteSounds like Jack is doing awesome too!!!