January 24th was when Addy had her tendon releases done. Before that, she couldn't wear her AFOs for more than an hour at a time due to the plantar flexion in her right foot and she couldn't even stand with both feet on the floor at the same time because her hip flexor was so tight.
Now it's mid-July, almost six months later and she is able to stand and walk with tall braces and a walker for up to 2 hours at a time. (It's not the fastest mode of locomotion, but she's up and on her feet and independent about it for most of the day now.) She can balance by herself for 20-30 seconds at a time. She can cruise a windowsill, sofa, table, baby gate, etc. So so so much progress! So much progress, in fact, that she gets to go test drive some forearm crutches and quad canes later this month. Holy cow!
