Robo Rhino to the…..

Extinction!  Yes Robo Rhino no longer exists!! WOOT WOOT!

Christian had another follow up appointment with Dr. G on Friday and he decided to walk in with out his boot on since PT Bob has been doing wonders with him.  Dr. G was impressed with the improvement and the status of Rhino’s ankle so NO MORE BOOT! Robo Rhino has now grown up like a big little boy and gets to wear sneakers…hehehe!

I can’t say enough about the wonders that PT Bob has done with Christian.  Rhino is bicycling, doing leg presses and a pretty good weight, and even got to get on the treadmill on Thursday…not at a run or even a fast walk but none-the-less the treadmill!

It’s going so well infact that today Rhino was able to do this for the first time in months!!!!!

Yes that’s with his RT ankle, the ankle that only 6 weeks ago had surgery on!  Afterwards Christian had a HUGE smile on his face and stated “Oh mom that felt so good!”.  Now he didn’t go all out and yes he did feel some pain afterwards but it was wonderful to see him smiling and loving life again!  Wait till PT Bob hears about this.

Exhausted, triumphant, and just a little wacky!

Well life in the Rhino household is hectic as always, hence the reason for being M.I.A. recently.

As most of you know Rhino has been going to physical therapy 2 to 3 times a week.  Each time is a minimum of a 1 1/2 hour long session, sometimes almost 2 hours {this is not to mention the 1/2 hour drive in and the 1/2 hour drive back}.  This makes for a very long day for the Rhino and his mom too!  Normal day around here is like this {well 6 of the 7 that is}:

1. 6 am wake-up shower and get ready for work/school
2. 7:15 am drop Rhino off to school, I head to work
3. 2:30 p.m. pick Rhino up from school, drop him off at the house and I head back to work to finish out my day {Rhino would normally be a walker and well since the surgery….}
4. 4:15 p.m. done with work day head home to change clothes a fast as possible and either A) head off to the second job or B) grab the Rhino and head off for PT
5. Either running into town to do PT for the next two hours plus or work until 9:30 p.m.
6. End back up at home anywhere from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and finish up what I didn’t get done the rest of day
7. 11:00 p.m. fall into bed into a stupor and get up and do it all over again the next day

Needless to say blogging has not been high on my priority of list of things to do BUT I can add some major accomplishments by the Rhino has been seen in the PT area which makes all of the above worth every crazy, hectic, pulling my hair out, there’s not enough hair dye in the world moment.  Now if only someone could invent a coffee implant….I’d be buying stock in that!!

Rehabilitating the Rhino

**side note this was suppose to post November 10th**

I am sitting in rehab blogging away while Rhino is getting worked on.  This is our third rehab appointment and what a phenomenal difference PT Bob has made in Christian’s ankle.  Christian was able to finally get a sock on his foot yesterday for the first time..WOOT WOOT!  He’s not limping as bad and just moments ago actually got a sneaker on his foot to go get on the bicycle to go do some more PT {Rhino just walked in and stated “a mile under five minutes!”}.  What a difference the PT has even made in Christian’s morale too!  Oh I see good things for Christian’s ankle, his soccer future, heck his future period end!