Monday.. day 6

Lets go for a ride Bucky!!

Tristan loves the bike! The plaid things on his hands are little splints that help is hands hold on to the bars..

GO TRISTAN!!!

Daddy and Tristan at a German resturant in Frankenmuth

Well, today was AWESOME!!!
Tristan did the best he has done so far today, which is great!

I thought he would be upset going back with the weekend off, but he wasnt too bad. He did cry when I took him into the 'massage' room, and his eyes said "mommy, you brought me back here!"but after they got the video going he was into watching his Barney movie while getting his morning rub down and stretch.

Once in the suit, he was full of laughs today. While Karla the aide was playing with him while Holly was positioning him different on the ball, and sitting right. He then got on the tricycle today, and went on a big trip! They took him down the hall, on the elevator into the basement of the hospital. He was on the bike for probably a half hour just pedling and laughing. It was a great way to start the week!

We talked to another family @ Euro-Peds today, who gave us LOTS of information. Found out that insurnace will not pay for one of the tricylces ( which we figured) soo Kettler is a brand of tricycles that can be bout in a store that we can adapt farther to have a bike for him. SOoo if anyone is at a toy store and sees one, let me know!!! we went to Toys R US up here, and couldnt find one.

We had a great weekend with Chris up here. It was very nice to see him. Tristan and I missed him like crazy. We went up to Frankenmuth over the weekend, and walked around. It was cold, with on and off rain so it was kinda hard to enjoy. At one of the stores though Chris found this Ohio State Teddy Bear that stole Tristans heart. We could not get that bear out of his sight, sooo Bucky the Bear is Tristans new friend, he came to therapy with us today. That is the bear you see in some of the pictures.

Sooo one great day down today, 4 more to go. Tristan is getting soo much stronger, and his trunk control is coming along!