Red Thread To China 2007

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.