FYI...Alexis has decided that she doesn't like anyone holding on to her when she walks. She just walked (wobbled) from the end of the couch over to me by the table by herself. Your mom follows with her hands by Alexis's sides, but not actually touching her. She'll be running by the end of the week :)
By Thursday, just 3 days after getting her cast off, I get another email from Chris in response to an email I sent the doctor asking about Alexis' leg length discrepancy post-surgery and knee pain she was complaining about:
Forget about "wanting" to take steps, today she was playing outside on the deck going down her slide. After she went down, she would get up and make your mom let her walk back to the slide BY HERSELF and then CLIMB back up the slide stairs BY HERSELF to go down again.And that weekend, she began walking with her legs and feet a bit less crooked/angled outwards. It's now 4 weeks post-cast off and she is walking, jumping, dancing, doing the hokey pokey, and playing ring-around-the rosy with no problem. She also began running this past week! You can still tell she has a limp, esp. when she is tired and it's the end of the day, but I'm still amazed at the progress over the last 4 weeks! I'm so proud of my stubborn little Alexis who wants to do things her way, on her own "by myself" as she often says. I guess she has a pretty stubborn Mom and Dad, so who can blame her, right? :)
She is, obviously, still imping and walking gingerly, but she was walking a lot today!
Here's some pics of her walking that first week and playing ring-around-the-rosy with Daddy, vo-vo's and dolls:
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