We took Dylan to Shriner’s in Greenville, SC for the first fitting of his new leg…new and improved leg, actually. This one has a working knee. It works like a regular knee. When you step down on the heel, the knee is locked. When you roll the foot and put pressure on the toes, the knee bends. It’ll take him some getting used to, but I think he’ll love it!
I attempted a couple of videos…click to see :)
The appointment went long! It alternated between his “test drives” and Crissy and India tweaking, tightening, making sharpie marks on it, trimming it in the back, etc.
Like last time, the leg will be finished (and covered in Dylan’s choice of Disney Cars design…) and sent via UPS in about 3 weeks. We’ll be in contact with them to let them know which address to send it to! We don’t want his LEG forwarded!!
Yes, the knee does bend when you step on the toes! He’ll figure it out or do a lot of falling. Probably both.
Forgive the fuzzy photos, we only had my iphone. Amazingly, I don’t look as dead as I felt here…bad cold is going on for-ev-er!
Can’t believe he needs a new leg after only 6 months. But, his little leg had thinned out so much, that it was basically knocking around in the now-too-large socket. And, we are excited about the knee. :)
February 29th, 2012 at 8:23 pm
I guess it will take some practice with the new bendable knee…but knowing Dylan, he’ll have it down pat before you know it!! We tried to watch the videos, but kept clicking this & that and got no where.
Prayers for Dylan to master yet another goal (the knee!) and for your nasty cold to get better! Hope the trips are more comfortable with their orthodontic bands, too.
February 29th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Awesome! And…sweet parents!
February 29th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
Keep plenty of band-aids handy because that new leg looks tricky. If he can figure out what he has to do, it will probably be better than what he had but I’m not sure I would ever get the hang of it. I didn’t have any problem getting the videos to play. When you posted a picture of the outside of the house you are buying, I don’t think I posted anything but it looks like a beautiful home. Can’t wait until you post pictures of the inside and don’t forget to send me your address.
February 29th, 2012 at 11:43 pm
I could see the videos fine and that new knee does look tricky! I can see Dylan falling a few times too but he will get the hang of it quick and will love it. He will be able to walk like everybody else !!! Thank you Shriners !
March 1st, 2012 at 12:41 am
That leg is very cool. As an engineer who is into technology, gadgets, etc, I was pretty amazed by the way it works. You can set the thing to snap forward like a FG kicker.
Big D will take a while to get used to it . . . but probably no more than learning to walk with his first one. He went from never walking to his first step to walking like a champ in about 3 days. I think this one will be even quicker.