These are the words we have spoken so many times over the past months in sadness and now in the past few days in joy!!!
We were told that Maelee may never stand without assistance, may never walk without assistance, and would probably need much help to get to this point. I have always said that she is a miracle but this past Friday I witnessed one and did nothing but cry.
Maelee has been pulling herself to stand for a while now but without us putting her feet in the correct position or holding them flat she would tumble right over. Her muscle tone has always taken over and she was not able to maintain a standing position. Well she proved us all wrong!
While I was putting laundry away Friday morning I left Maelee in her play area in the hallway. She was banging on the Pampers box and laughing away. I soon heard nothing and knew with our sweet girl that meant she was into something! :) When I got into the hallway she was standing there.....with FLAT FEET! And I didn't put her like that! The smile on her face said it all! I jumped over the gate, prayed she would stay that way until I found a camera, and the tears started flowing. But in my heart I thought that this was probably just a one time occurrence.....it couldn't be real. She couldn't be doing this on her own since everyone said it wouldn't be possible, at least not now. I took a ton of pictures, sent the photos by text to Lee, and celebrated this wonderful occasion!
Well as the morning went on more laundry needed to be done. I left Maelee to play once again in her area with the dogs locked on the other side of the baby gate this time. She usually crawled herself over to the gate and would yell at them through it. This was nothing new and I would expect the yelling. But the yelling I heard was not the same this time. It seemed to be more happy and filled with laughter. I walked into the hallway and didn't see Maelee right away, my heart jumped, and then I saw it.....STANDING at the baby gate! FLAT FEET!!!!!!! So after the 100 pictures I took, the 20 minutes of crying, and the phone calls I made, I just held her and thanked God for this miracle. I didn't know if this would continue. But for this day and this moment we had seen progress. We had seen her therapy working. We had seen all the hard work and the tears she had cried coming into play and showing us what she could do!
We went to her PT appointment later on Friday morning so excited to share the news! Her therapist was so excited she looked like she was going to cry! It is a milestone we didn't expect so soon, didn't expect now, and didn't expect without much more assistance. Her therapist was overjoyed and couldn't wait to see her do it! So over the next hour she watched Maelee be determined and show her all she had learned!
Over the next few days we watched as she pulled up on everything and everyone! She is very determined! Sometimes she falls, sometimes she can't get her feet where they need to be, but she keeps trying! Our little girl is doing things we weren't sure she would ever be able to do! Her muscle tone is still tight, she still has to think about where to put that left leg/foot and it takes time for her to move it, but she is learning to overcome the challenges that have been given to her. She still has difficulty sitting because of the stiffness and her crawling is getting better but the left side is still really stiff and being swung and sometimes drug behind- our sweet little froggy! Her left arm is behind her right and she tries so hard to make it do what she wants.
But none of this mattered this week. She stood with FLAT feet! One milestone that seems so small to many is something that is so BIG to us!!! She is our sweet little peanut and we are so thankful for the miracles she is showing us every day!!!!
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