Elliott is Improving!

Elliott has been on antibiotics for 18 days now and we are seeing good improvement in his leg. He is once again walking on the underwater treadmill at the rehab clinic. Last week he did 20 minutes in there at 2.7 mph. He is no longer hopping around except occasionally when turning to the left (the surgical side) and he is starting to voluntarily bear weight when standing. He is also volunteering encouraging movements like moving backward. I am cautiously optimistic that this was in fact an infection and I am hoping we can get rid of it and start to move forward again. Last week one morning I took along the camera to get a bit of film to look at later to check his walk, and was thrilled to see he is starting to bounce again. His normal gait involves a bouncy step as he pushes off his feet. He still has a hitch on the left side which you can see, but he has continued to improve over the past week and is now walking mostly at a normal walking speed, not just slowly, and has been able to bounce for longer and longer periods during our walks. He is also back to doing gentle hills and is doing much, much better again. Thank you for your good wishes and I will be sure to post further updates as he continues to (I hope) improve.