In many ways things seem to be falling in place for Becca.
Ever since she started therapeutic riding at FTEA in the fall of 2009 we have seen her confidence blossom and grow.
FTEA first day 9-3-09
Listing to the left
Her left side weakness is obvious in these photos from her first day. Her side walkers were exhausted. The walker on the right had to pull on her gait belt the whole time and the walker on the left had to constantly shove her back into the saddle. At one point it appeared she might just fall off altogether. It was all the walkers could do to keep her upright. Everyone thought Becca did not enjoy riding because while she made some grimacing faces there were no real smiles. Little did they know, Becca’s enthusiasm ran so high that she had chosen to go riding even though just a few hours earlier she had had a unplanned root canal. Her novocain had worn off and yet she made me hang around and watch the next group of riders. She was so excited, Becca flat out refused to leave. For days she talked of nothing else but “Doc” and how she was able to ride on him.
Only one month later
Every week the other parents, who also had first time riders, and I would stand about and watch in amazement at the changes in our children. From week to week we could see them get physically stronger, sit taller, participate more. We would all three cheer loudly for each new accomplishment in any of the children, often asking did you see your daughter/son do that ?
For Becca the biggest growth issues have been confidence and the ability to finally process her thoughts into speech. We went from having a daughter basically locked with in herself, who did nothing for herself, never stood up for herself and whose only language consisted of echolalia and perseverated speech; to a daughter who had a whole new world and life opening before her. Previously if Becca was hungry she would stand in the kitchen and stare at the fridge or the toaster and wait until someone noticed and asked if she was hungry and then fixed her something. I was stunned the first day she went out ,opened up the fridge, then the freezer, and chose an ice cream bar. I inquired “what are you doing?” She replied ”I would like an ice cream.” I told her good choice and asked her to please close the freezer and ask first next time. The next time she asked and of course I said yes. She has asked for many small things since then and we have accommodated about 99% of them. With each yes her confidence grew and our amazement grew as we were finally seeing glimpses of what was locked inside our child all these years
a first attempt at posting
Tall in the saddle at five weeks
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