Our son is FINALLY getting his prosthetic! :D

I'm so excited that I just have to tell the world!   After dealing with all the craziness for over 15 months now, our little boy is finally getting his prosthetic leg on Monday! Woohoo!    

Just so everybody knows some of his story since I haven't posted anything about this, our son was born with Club Feet and Fibular Hemimelia in his right leg. We were able to correct his left foot with casting but the right foot was too severe, on top of the fact that some of the bones in that foot were fused together or missing. So, after about 10 months, several different doctors, and countless hours of research, my Husband and I decided to go with amputation and a prosthetic.

So, on April 10th, we drove almost three hours to Indianapolis and our 12 month old baby boy had his amputation and a surgery to straighten his Tibia. After 6 grueling weeks of healing, we started working with a prosthesist and for the last few weeks we've been waiting (very impatiently) for the call saying that his prosthetic is ready so we can start working with it and our now 15 month old boy can finally start to walk, run, and jump with all the other kids! Well, we finally got that call today!   His prosthetic is ready! His prosthesist, physical therapist, and a decent amount of our family members and friends are coming out to our place on Monday so we can all be there for his first time wearing his prosthetic!

GAH! I'M SO EXCITED!!!      

aw, yay! good luck to you and your son!  

congrats!! I wish the best for your son, I hope everything works out for him!

Quoting HappyMom :" I'm so excited that I just have to tell the world!   After dealing with all the craziness for over 15 ... [snip!] ... out to our place on Monday so we can all be there for his first time wearing his prosthetic! GAH! I'M SO EXCITED!!!      "

I'm so happy for you.  

This made me cry. I'm so happy for him! I hope he adapts quickly and runs faster than every other kid on the block  

That's wonderful.
Good luck to him

My right leg was amputated below the knee when I was 7. If you ever have any questions feel free to ask me and I can try to help from personal experience

<blockquote><b>Quoting Tikaytasha:</b>" aw, yay! good luck to you and your son!  "</blockquote>




Congrads I am so happy for you guys. An im sure before you know it he will be hard to keep up with like the other toddlers  

yay! thats great news

Yay! How exciting! So happy for your son and family:-)

That must be so exciting for you! Congrats! :]

Thank you, everybody!   We're so thrilled!!!

<blockquote><b>Quoting PeanutButter[WAL]:</b>" That's wonderful. Good luck to him My right leg was amputated below the knee when I was 7. If you ever have any questions feel free to ask me and I can try to help from personal experience"</blockquote>

That would be great! I'll be sure to think of you if I have any questions and I'll take any advice you have to offer!  

<blockquote><b>Quoting Aniya&Avery  :</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Tikaytasha:</b>" aw, yay! good luck to you and your son!  "</blockquote> ... [snip!] ... Congrads I am so happy for you guys. An im sure before you know it he will be hard to keep up with like the other toddlers  "</blockquote>

lol He's just as much of a handful as any other one year old. (Speaking from experience since I worked in a daycare and we have playdates with kids his age at least once a week.) He still climbs all over the furniture, he can go up and down the stairs, makes plenty of messes, and tests his limits. He just crawls instead of runs and he's gotten pretty quick about it!  

aweee *happy cry*
such awesome news!

Cant wait to see a post with pics of him running... (with how mobile he is he may just skip walking all together! Congrats