Wonder Woman...

Mabel is Wonder Woman! She has been doing so well the last few days with her new found freedom. We even went to lunch brace free! Our schedule is typically brace off in the morning and afternoon for three hours at a time. She is really trying to get on her knees in the crawling position and she's sitting so well considering she had just perfected it before the cast and hasn't done it in about four months! Nothing is so cute as to see her sitting there on her own. Her balance has gotten so well that she can now sit up unassisted in her brace! Her speech is getting pretty good too as she tries to imitate our words a lot. All this excitement has caused her to really rebel her bedtime. She has good nights and bad, but over all the nights have been a million times better than they were while she was in the cast.

I have found this whole process of Mabel's hip dysplasia treatment to be so fascinating...I mean it isn't fun to go through, but the whole process is very interesting. It is amazing that before the diagnosis I had never heard of hip dysplasia, but now when I mention that Mabel has it most people say they knew some one who had it. For anyone out there who comes across my blog researching because of a new diagnosis, there is so much support out there. The process is at times tough and so emotional, but it does get easier - Mabel is smiling giggling proof of that.