PT Update

It is Monday again. So, off we went for our morning appointment with Mary. :)

Today was much better than last week. Mia is starting to initiate activities with her left leg. Up until now, she would only go up the stairs or step over objects with her right leg first. Today was the first time that she started alternating legs...sometimes starting off with her left leg first. This is major progress.

As I have mentioned in previous blogs, bad habits have been formed as a result of the JRA. Mainly, because Mia is protecting her joints. Several months ago, she could hardly put any weight on her left leg when she was standing...now she can squat down evenly on both legs and she can lift her leg up to step over things. Praise God!

The Next Step: Mary wants to focus more attention on Mia's elbow as it is still not straight. She did a couple of stretches on her today, but Mia cried and pulled away and told Mary, "NO!" So, we will continue to work on her right elbow some more.