Red Thread To China 2007

Levi has been doing so good with telling us he has to go potty.... until the last few days. He now has regressed back to going potty in his diapers or pull ups. I hope that when he receives his new foot that it will be easier to help him with this issue. He still needs to master the idea that he has to use to potty and not just in the diaper. I don't remember it being quite this hard with the older 2 boys. We have been trying not to push him so hard since he has been through so much in the past couple of months, but we also want him to catch up to his peers in this aspect. So I guess when he gets his prosthetic we will try a little harder to get him potty trained. It might be a little easier when I have to quit my job in July, I will have more time to devote to him.

Well Levi had his first fitting yesterday. It went so well. He was very curious about what the prosthetist was doing with the mold he made of his leg. The prosthetic looks like it will be a sleeve that comes in right under the knee. The prosthetist was also approached by the hospital public relations office to do a story on a child under the age of 5 following the whole process of fitting the prosthetic to the finished product and he said he would like to use Levi, we of course said yes. So we were also interviewed and they took a ton of pictures of Levi and the doctor during the fitting. They will take pictures every time we come in until he has his final fitting and learns to walk. We think it is exciting and can't wait to see it in the news letter for the hospital. We go back for the 2nd fitting on May 15th. At this time they will actually have a foot attatched to a foam rubber socket that he will be able to stand on so that the doctor can tell if any adjustments need to be made or not. We also get to pick out his graphics for the foot, they somehow use fabric to put the design on the leg. Can't wait to see how it looks finished and see my boy walk for the first time on 2 feet.
It was also our 7th anniversary, so what a good day it was. Here are a couple of pictures for everyone to enjoy that we took in the Texas Bluebonnets earlier this month.

Today was our appointment at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for the cast removal. We arrived there and really didn't have to wait very long at all to see the doctor. We had to get x-rays done so they could look at the bones to see how they were starting to fuse. He did real well only fussing a little when trying to get his left leg the right way for the x-ray. They needed 4 shots and we only had to redo one. The doctor said his bones were starting to fuse together, but still needed more time to heal. His scars look good and he has alot of dry skin that will come off as we give him baths. Wow we can actually give him a bath tonight, not just a sponge bath. I always felt like he wasn't totally clean that way so I am glad that we can put him in the tub tonight. His leg was also casted for the prosthesis today. His next appoiintment is on our anniversary the 27th of April. At that time they will see how it fits and then in another couple of weeks will have the final fitting and stay for a week for physical and occupational therapy, and also teaching him how to walk and teaching us how to take care of the prosthesis and such. Right now he won't even touch his leg to the floor or anything. He crawls around like he is hiking his leg like a dog. It is kinda funny. I know that later when he gets more comfortable and doesn't think everything is gonna hurt it he might get a little better. I will try to post pictures later tonight of his leg.