My girl really is AMAZING, yes I already knew but today she continued to make me so proud of her determination.

A couple of months ago I wrote a blog about Veronika continuing to walk(I will post link in comments). Veronika’s Physio was extremely concerned about Veronika hyperextending her knee and the pressure it was putting on her knee.

Veronika’s Physio looked into a product called kiddieGAITS. They are carbon fibre orthotics. 7 weeks ago Veronika trialled them with her Physio who thought they would be a good fit for Veronika’s needs. We saw the rehab physician a few days later and he had already suggested Veronika try carbon fibre orthotics and he suggested it again, to which we replied she trialled them a few days before…..

Fast forward to today. Veronika was fitted and collected her kiddieGAITS.

Veronika’s orthotist was very excited to see how Veronika goes in them as Veronika is the 1st child in Hobart to get them. Veronika will need time to adjust to them as they activate muscles she possibly hasn’t used before. So we decided after a short walk across the orthotists room we would wait again to after school.

The YouTube clip shows how uneasy Veronika was when we 1st put them on her after school(pulling at my heart strings wondering if I was doing the right thing). The 2nd part of the clip was 2 hours later. My girl really is amazing pushing her boundaries of her comfort zone. To say I’m proud of her today is an understatement.

Obviously technology like this doesn’t come cheap, at $1000 for the pair, but we are blessed to live where we do. Half of the cost will be funded through the hospital, the other half we pay(after what we can claim back from private health)….and perfect timing really as this month we received the top of for carer supplement and that will cover the gap.

We have showed the video to Veronika’s Physio who is excited to see where these take Veronika, and we will see her next week for an appointment. In 2 weeks we go back to the orthotist who wants to do some videos of Veronika in her AFO’s and then in her new kiddieGAITS to compare for her records.

Today has been a great day on Veronika’s journey.

Veronika walking in her kiddieGAITS