It is going to take a bit of work, but we all have high hopes for little Gio. As for tonight, he has basically been sleeping since we left rehab, so hopefully he won't be too sore in the morning!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Gio's First Therapy Session!
Gio had his first therapy session today with Bev. It went pretty darn well. It started with just some information gathering and suggestions of things we can do at home to help him. Then they took measurements of his legs to see how much muscle loss he had... his weak leg is approximately 3.5 centimeters smaller than his strong one... and when you only weigh 7 lbs that is a pretty noticeable difference. After watching him walk for a bit on solid ground, we went into the underwater treadmill!
He wasn't so sure at first, but after a little while, he really started to get into it! It is amazing how what seems like so little can take so much out of him. After a 3 minute block of walking on the under water treadmill, he had a little underwater massage and stretch which he seemed to enjoy. We then went over some stretches and massage to work on at home as well.
It is going to take a bit of work, but we all have high hopes for little Gio. As for tonight, he has basically been sleeping since we left rehab, so hopefully he won't be too sore in the morning!
It is going to take a bit of work, but we all have high hopes for little Gio. As for tonight, he has basically been sleeping since we left rehab, so hopefully he won't be too sore in the morning!
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Nice, Renee! You and the rest of TJO are SO devoted to every animal at Center. It's incredible that you're doing this on your own time for your foster baby, Gio!
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Thanks! It is actually quite fun! If Chris is off this Friday I may see if he wants to tag along.
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