Happy New Year to everyone, sorry we have been a while updating the blog, Daniel's been very busy!
Daniel is still progressing well and working very hard. He finds the physio and treadmill frustating at times and it is sometimes better to let him rest than try to persuade him otherwise.
His strength and endurance have continued to get much better to the extent that he can now walk to school with his sticks and then walk home at the end of the day.
He is now beginning to take the scarier option of cruising around the house and taking steps between doorways, rather than using his sticks. We seem to be moving on with his balance a little more and he can now walk around with just a hand on a wall - depending on how tired he is!
We recieved a reply from St Louis regarding a progress dvd we sent. This has spurred us on and given us a great lift that we are moving in the right direction. They were "amazed" at the progress he has made and realise the hard work and juggling Daniel is putting into physio and school work on top.
It is important for us to review where Daniel would be now without the SDR. He would now be firmly confined to a wheelchair and the frame would probably be a distant memory. He was struggling to walk 100 metres with his frame, there was no chance of walking with sticks. He was in pain and couldn't straighten his legs at all - this has been cured.
This day last year Daniel could only do 20 steps with his sticks, now he walks as far as he wants, hopefully we get the same improvement this year.
