Its that time again. Time for James to work his little tushie off and build muscle and strength. We are here for the Spider Program here at Children's in Birmingham AL. James has done really well so far. He is still James and makes his therapist work hard as well but he is doing better every time we come. I just cant say enough good things about this program and there therapist here and how they work every minute of our time to give James the most bang  for our therapy buck. This is James in the Spider cage. The bungees allow James to feel what it is like to stand under his own weight on his own and preform tasks that other wise he couldn't do.

 Here is James on the treadmill int he Adeli Suit. I was so proud at how he handled the sensory input of the suit this time.

 James got to walk the therapy dog down the hall way

 Good look at the suit. All those bungees have a purpose. The put the body in correct alignment.

 James practicing with his canes. You can see Cliff, James's buddy in the background getting his "Buzz Lightyear suit" on too

 He found a scooter board and OFF he goes!!

 Cliff and James playing swing basketball

 The Spider Program team with James and Cliff

 How many physical therapist does it take to walk 2 little boys down a hallway? (sounds like the beginning of a bad joke doesn it)

 Back at the Ronald McDonald house. James' favorite thing to do is the computer.

 I LOVE a therapist that will do whatever it takes to make James have fun walking down the hall. Mr Andrew was racing James

 Lest you think it is ALL work and no play....

 Walker parking at the Ronal McDonald house! Cliff is staying here too. You can jump over to his story and the blog his Mommy does here Cliff's Story

Here we go again!

James and I are off on another adventure to Children's in Birmingham. We are leaving in the morning but poor Josh has to stay home and go to work :-( boooo! He will get to come visit some which will be nice. James will be participating int he Spider Program that Children's does. It is a mix of the Adeli suit, Conductive Education therapy and traditional physical therapy....basically that is the best way I can describe it. Now sure if the therapist would describe it like that but from what we have experience that is what it is. All I know is that it works, and has transformed James. He comes out of the program stronger with much more confidence. The down side for use is that it is really hard on James. The therapy is very intense and usually pushing him to his sensory limit. BUT every time we go he gets better and better. I know he is on good hands and they have lots of tricks up their PT sleeves that help James overcome any sensory issues that arise. But please pray that James will be the ray of sunshine that I know he can be. I want them to see the sweet James that everyone else sees on a day to day bases...not the devil child that he can be when he is overwhelmed LOL

I will be blogging about his progress and post lots of pictures of course!!