Saturday, August 30, 2008

Lauren's Getting Orthotics

Her therapists have been concerned about her left foot. Lauren has always had very tight achilles tendons. This is a common trait among children diagnosed with Sanfillipo. Her left side is weaker than her right. If Lauren gets overly fatigued her left foot will start collapsing in and turning out. The orthotic specialist is going to make her foot inserts to take some of the pressure off of the achilles tendons and stop the left foot from collapsing in. They made the foot impressions by casting Lauren's feet. For a few minutes she had purple casts on both feet. She did great and was in a great mood. She sang Old Macdonald, Mary Had A Little Lamb and Itsy Bitsy Spider for her. It was some of the easiest to understand singing I have heard from her in a long time.

Lauren has been doing great at wearing her hearing aids. I am praying the more she hears the easier her speech will be able to understand again. Lauren had been wearing her hearing aids all day long with out touching them. Her therapist forgot they were even in. I guess Lauren had decided they had been in long enough. She put one in her mouth and chewed up the hearing aid and the mold. Luckily we have insurance on any kind of damage the child causes to her hearing aids. So she will be getting a new hearing aide in a week or two.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Never a dull moment at your house! I bet the casts were cute, the temporary part is the best!

Her speech should become more intelligible as her hearing is aided.

We love you all!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the update. I wasn't aware that she was singing again. That was what I was missing most. It made your house so quiet (if anything can be considered quiet with Nathan around)! And wearing her hearing aids! That had been almost a futile project.
This was the happiest blog I've read in a long time.
Great Grandma L.

AZDonna said...

I didn't know Lauren was getting orthotics. Will she have to wear special shoes? I'm glad she'll have something to help her feet be stronger.

Love & hugs to her!
Nonna

Don said...

Betty and I both wear orthotics. They really help our feet feel a lot better!

Anonymous said...

I love the new website!! I am so glad Lauren is doing so much better than a few months ago. Praise God for the recovery! I know Jesse does better when he uses hearing aides regularly too. He does take quite of bit of supervision with them though. He has chewed two of them and the dog has chewed one also, LOL! Praying the orthodics do well for Lauren.

Nathan has grown so much since the last pics I saw! What a big guy he is becoming!

Love to you all!
Patty and Jesse
Jesse

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