Casting

Today Oksana was casted for new AFOs. I can't tell you how badly she needs them. Right now she is wearing afos that were casted for another child's feet and are "good enough". They are old and falling apart and I can not wait to get her nice ones that are made just for her feet! Her walking will be taken to another level after she gets these! Those of you that know much about Oksana know that this had potential to be a huge disaster. 3 months ago when she was evaluated for therapy she sobbed when the therapist just touched her feet. Her therapist has been working hard to build trust and that has been going great. Still, we knew she would need more than that so we found videos on YouTube of people getting casted, we looked at pictures of Nina getting casted, and we created a mock casting at home using a knee high stocking and toilet paper! All of this was a huge success because she had NO problems at all being casted today! I think she enjoyed it! It was actually quite an experience. To witness what I did today and know how far she has come in 4 months was amazing. Here are some pictures:
Socks go on first

Then a little tube that will guide them as the cut the cast off.

They start wrapping...

and then wait for it to dry.

Cut it off...

and you have foot #1!

Then you go through the same process with foot number 2. Tube...

Wrapping...

Waiting...

Taking time to pose for a picture :)...

Cut it off....

And you have foot #2!

Can you tell that she thought it was really cool when they came off?! She got so excited! It will take about 2 weeks to get her new AFOs in and we are all excited for that day!