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!

On the Mend and the End

I know nasty right?  Well Rhino is on the mend.  The appointment with Dr. G went well on Tuesday.  Steri strips came off, and the stitches are starting to dissolve.  Rhino is still in the boot, still on crutches but is now allowed to apply some weight to his ankle which makes some things easier. {yea for being able to stand up in the shower now and for not having to bag his foot for mentioned shower!} So hence he still is Robo Rhino just not in full force!  Christian has his first rehab appointment on Tuesday…we’ll see how much pain he is in after that.  Dr. G’s plans of action is to get him completely off the crutches in one month and hopefully into a real {big boy} shoe in that time frame too.

On another side note, tonight was the last soccer game of the season!  It was cold {high 40 degrees} and rainy and very heart wrenching to watch.  I love all the players like they were my own and this year was the greatest.  The new coach really made a difference with the team, they’ve grown tremendously and we are all very proud of them!!! I will miss the 6 seniors and wish them luck {hopefully they will come back to see us in the stands sometime and for pizza too!}. Godspeed and only 8 months till practice begins again WOOT WOOT!

Robo Rhino

Thank you Suzie for inspiring us with Christian’s new nickname….ROBO RHINO!

Christian is doing O.K. at this point.  As you can see he got his walking boot on but is still non weight bearing.  He now has become a master at the crutches and has even demonstrated that he can dance with them {ask him to moon walk for you sometime on the crutches!!}.  His days are long and he’s quite tired by the time he gets home from school.  He’s having trouble sleeping due to the fact that he can’t get comfortable and once he does he rolls over and *strike* *gasp* hurts his ankle {he sleeps without the boot on, we tried with the boot on and that was even worse!}.  We are coping!!  Tuesday we go back to see Dr. G and if the plan still is in tact Christian should continue with the boot but be on off the crutches {glory be!!} and also start rehab for the next 4 months. 

Stay tuned to see if the invincible Robo Rhino saves the world of the grasps of the evil Doctor Anklebiter or if RR will be forever reduced to just a bunch of bolts and nuts…MUAHAHAHA! {ok yes I have completely lost it….no sleep does that to a person!!}