The Slither Scooter!

The last time Tim was at physical therapy, he rode a bike around Shriner's. At first he did not want to get on the weird looking bike-he was probably a little afraid and scared. But when he came back to the pt room after his ride around the hospital, he was so excited and wanted to ride some more! All the way home he kept asking me if we could tune his bike up and get it ready for him to ride. This meant that I had to get pedals with straps to hold down his prosthesis.

(Here I am strapping Tim's left foot in the new pedal.)
Tim did not do well riding his bike:( The bike at Shriner's was one that you sit down in and pedal out in front of you. For Tim to ride his bike, he needs to get more range of motion in his rotated foot and the ankle of his fake foot needs to be loosened up. So, Tim got out is scooter and went for a ride on that!

That was ok. But Tim wasn't too sure about balance and having enough room for two feet! We took a trip to the store and found the Slither Scooter! It is the coolest thing ever! Tim put it together all by himself the next day!

And then he took it for a ride!

With chemo treatments all done, Tim is slowly getting more active. He is down to one crutch at school for the most part, until he has to go from one end of the building to the other end in just 5 minutes! At home, he uses only one crutch and sometimes, he goes around with no crutches:) Just the other night, he told me that he wants to be crutch free by November!