Ever have one of those moments where you pinch yourself to make sure that what you are seeing is real?
I haven't actually yet seen children dancing everywhere, but I did see Kathy walk a few steps!
I don't know if you heard me right.
I said, "I did see Kathy walk a few steps!"
She isn't supposed to be putting more than 70 pounds weight on her left leg yet, so my next reaction (after excitement) was to chastise her for pushing too hard too fast.
The result of rushing the healing process is more sleepless nights, but while her leg screams in protest, once again I am impressed with Kathy's determination.
The big toe on her left foot is trying to pull into a claw.
That makes it hard to go through the motions of walking because the tip of her toe presses into the floor and hurts.
The next step to help her next step is to surgically cut the tendon that is pulling down on her toe.
This is necessary because the tendon that countered the contraction was removed with the muscle loss in the front of Kathy's calf.
Still, with the cut relaxing her toe, Kathy should be able to walk fairly normally.
It's just a few steps now.
Kathy will push it into more than she should.
When a few steps become many, the dancing will begin!
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