Today, on March 20th, 2014, Jordan received his first brand new prosthetic leg! This has been a process. On February 26th, we went to the Rehabilitation Centre for Children where they examined Jordan's leg and confirmed that the healing was coming along great. They made a cast of his leg to create a temporary prosthetic. He also received a gel sleeve that he had to wear daily just to get used to. This gel sleeve needs to be worn with the prosthetic.
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When a limb isn't used regularily, it can retain fluid and lose muscle. So this first leg was created to get Jordan used to standing and bearing weight on his leg. He was given exercises to do over the next few weeks to build up his muscle, and ordered to wear this gel sleeve every day. Then he tried on his leg.
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His leg slid in with no pain or discomfort. He smiled, then stood up. Jordan said, "This looks good on me!"
He was able to put full weight on this leg which delighted his team! This is considered early in the big picture and we are all thrilled for him.
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They added some fiberglass to make it more durable and we took this one home to practice. His next visit is in a few weeks where they will take new measurements of his leg since all his practice will change its shape and he will have his walking leg in a few weeks after that! The next one he will have some options for patterns and a fancy foot.
One step at a time. Happy Spring!
