Here it is! The foot was tested, re-sized, tweaked, and all re-done at the appointment today. It is not finished yet - this is just the starting point, the "tester" if you will. We should see the finished product in a little over a week. So here's how it went:
Big brother Nathanael got to help put on Zeph's very first SHOE... that FITS!!! I could just leap for joy at this alone, as a mama who looked high and low for a shoe to fit his little foot but found nothing, not even one single slipper that could fit on his foot. So this is just great! 
Then once it was a litter more down to size they had him stand up and then placed a board (for measurement) under him... he was not happy about all that. 
Then they took a break to tweak it once more and came back and he got to stand on BOTH his feet. At first he was liking it - but when he realized it was more weight and didn't just move like his natural leg/foot then he was upset. It's going to take some getting used to but we really think once he figures out what he CAN do in it - we think he will be so happy. He wants to walk so badly!
Some more fine-tuning measurements (above).
(above) - what it looked like with us all in there - only I'm holding the camera and Arielle was running around singing songs she was making up.
How exciting! Can't wait to see him up and walking everywhere.
ReplyDeleteYay Zeph!!! Praying for him as he adapts to new life with a new prosthetic!
ReplyDeleteMy heart dances with you little Zephie . . . isn't God so good to bring such awesome gifts at Christmastime . . . with promises of even more to come . . . auntlin loves you bunches . . . keep me posted . . . you look great and I am so excited for you all
ReplyDeleteWoohoo!! How exciting! I can't wait to see pics of him running around on it!
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