One week down, one more to go!

Connor's first week of intense PT in Baltimore is complete. The therapist were very happy with his progress this week. His hip flexion was great. This exercise is typically done with the knee bent but since we are taking it easy on the knee, his leg remained straight. Not sure I could get my leg to extend that far.  Here is a picture of the hip extension. We received the new brace on Wednesday. The past 2 days have been a series of new adjustments. He is learning to walk with the new brace, while only placing 75% weight bearing on his Perthes side. There is just no way around it, the Scottish Rite Brace is just plain awkward. The first picture shows his leg position while in the brace, the 2nd pic is Connor learning to walk with one crutch.

We made instant friends, this week, with another family who is going through the same journey. Their son, who is the same age as Connor, just had the Ex Fix put on 3 weeks ago. They were finishing up their stay at Sinai today and heading back to NC. Connor will miss seeing his friend, Jack, but we are so happy they will be reunited with their family soon. We feel so fortunate to be blessed by more friendships on this journey.