Making some progress...

Mabel is making great progress with her physical therapy. The doctor was quite impressed with how much our homework of having Mabel sit on her stool has helped limber up her left leg. We are now working on getting her to stand with both feet on the ground and I have a toe massage exercise to do with her - to Mabel it is "This Little Piggy" to her foot it is magic. I'm so glad to know that she is progressing and the physical result of seeing her now able to sit unassisted and have both feet on the ground and even pull herself up to standing is so rewarding and amazing. It is impossible for me to even picture her standing or walking, I mean seeing her all tall and straight is still amazing since for so long she has been in that strange position of the cast/brace.

We have another appointment with the physical therapist next week, she is teaching Mabel the things she never got to naturally learn like getting up from belly to knees to sit and back down from sitting and all that stuff. Mabel doesn't necessarily like being shown how she should be moving her leg, but she deals very well with it and as the doctor said she is a quick healer and natural learner so we have that on our side.

We also see our orthopedic next week so he can monitor her progress and probably will x-ray. I'm still so terrified that her hip will come dislocated again and we'll have to start all over. I'm trying to not think about that, but I can't keep it out of my mind. I can still see on her left leg that she has that roll that tipped us off that something was wrong back in September, but I constantly line up her feet and her legs look even so hopefully all will continue to be good. I guess it will take some time for that roll to go away.

I have to say I was so upset that we needed to start physical therapy, but in reality it has been a great addition to Mabel's healing so I'm glad it worked out this way and would recommend it to anyone else in a similar situation - I image that getting the right physical therapist is the trick, ours is wonderful. She doesn't force Mabel and everything is about playing and exploring all the fun new toys at her center, Mabel has no clue she's even at a doctor's office!