Day 1

Tristan in the CAGE with his suit on, the bungee's go against gravity-making it hard for him to do, but has he does it, he gets that much more strength

On the "yoga" ball.. he did great on here, he played with all sorts of toys and had Ms. Erin read him a few books too!

Tristan and Ms. Holly.. his Physical Therapist @ Euro-Peds

Getting all suited up! Took 2 of them to put it on him, and took about 15 minutes!

What a day!
We had to be @ Euro-Peds at 10:30 this morning to do some final paper work and had to meet with a doctor for a general check up, which I found out is a procedure so he could wear his "suit".

Tristans physical therapist name is Holly, and she is really sweet. Her aide is Erin, and Tristan really likes her because shes a pretty blonde :o)

His therapy today then began at noon, and he got some good stretching in his legs, followed by a massage. He did pretty good. He was a little fussy, because in all the excitement Tristan decided to wake up at 7:30 this morning, and everyone knows that we are not morning people! Sooo he was tired when we got there.

He then went in the suit, it was pretty neat. It is a head to toe "stretchy" suit with a bunch of little yellow bungee cords, that connect somehow between his shoulders and his feet.

He did really good in the suit, towards the end he started crying though. They worked on alot of head and trunk control ( something we are after up here!) and rolling. He was sitting on a big "yoga" ball, and also rolling from side to side.

Overall Tristan did great. He held his head up for a little over 4 minutes in the suit, which is really EXCITING for him! He is taking a nap now, its been a long day!