Days 218 to 225 - Doing the Legwork

While James is on honeymoon (he got married last weekend)it's important that cleo continues to work on her walking, and the treadmill which we bought has come into it's own this last week. Cleo is working almost daily on it, and I am convinced that her walk is improving as a result. While sahe walks in the very controlled way that the treadmill creates it enables her to focus on the rhythm of her walk, making sure that the affected foot stays in contact with the ground for as long as the other.

Even after just a few days, this evening when she walked for 5 minutes with the treadmill I am convinced that her walk is more controlled, and her foot looks more flexible, and better able to help her balance. Of course it's not perfect by any means but I am convinced it is dramatically improved.

It is no use expecting 3 sessions of physio each week for 45 minutes to create the improvement that we want; cleo must work, and work hard every day. To her credit she is doing that, and we all must support her in that, even to the point of pushing her harder sometimes than she might like (within reason of course) to attain those results.

We have dealt with some big changes in our lives this last few months, both cleo and I, and the girls of course. None more so that our marriage, and the handfasting of course.There are other more personal things too, which need not be detailed here, but which mean as much to cleo and i, and the way we live our lives, and how we approach each day, which give us added impetus and the combined strength to face whatever life might throw at us.

We are a team, and there is nothing we cannot do.