MRI and Blood Tests Coming up...

This Friday Alex will be sedated and undergo an MRI at the Stollery to determine if there are any remnants of the blood clots that he had this summer. Two weeks ago he had bloodwork drawn to test for the syndrome that caused the clots. On Monday we will be seeing the doctors to hear the results and are hoping and praying that they will declare Alex fully healed. It would be so wonderful to not have to inject him with is needles anymore, even though he is such a trooper about it (doesn't even complain anymore, just watches us do it and then moves on).

A quick update on his therapy: we are now working on fine-tuning Alex's walking so that it is not so jolted and so that he can begin to run soon! His arm's movement is coming much more slowly but this is expected since there is a lot you can do with one arm, he's not very motivated to move the other arm.

Last Friday Alex was the first kid to test run the Glenrose's new MILLION dollar walking machine. He was so patient while they took the 20+ minutes to strap him into the thing, everyone learning as they go. There were eight therapists and the guy from the company that built the machine either helping strap Alex in or watching and taking notes. He is the smallest person that can possibly fit into it. It's technically called some sort of Swedish sounding name, but I've named the machine CARL (Cool Automated Robot Legs). I've got a video and some pics on my phone and as soon as I've figured out a way to get them off my phone and onto my computer I'll post them.