Awhile back Tadd wrote a letter to Cascade, the company that made Derby’s DAFO (Dynamic Ankle Foot Orthotic). He told me after the fact and when I saw the letter it made me choke up a bit. Below is the correspondence between Tadd and Cascade DAFO. From: Tadd To: Dafo; Technical support; Customer Service Subject:Our [...]
Entries Tagged as 'therapy'
DAFO
April 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Tags: Cerebral Palsy · Derby · therapy
Updates and stuff
September 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments
I really haven’t had the energy to post more than an occasional blurb on my Facebook let alone blogging but here goes. Loen: Weighs 19 pounds 3 1/2 ounces and is 31 1/2 inches long. Like the scene in Miracle Worker where Helen Keller makes the collation between water and the word, Loen is picking [...]
Tags: Cerebral Palsy · Derby · Loen · therapy · twins · update
It is just a label….a damned horrible label
June 8th, 2009 · 9 Comments
I have been putting off this post for almost a month now, time to bite the bullet and get it out there….. Derby has been our little stubborn pistol as of late. The kid wants to move, he wants to feed HIMSELFÂ and he wants to do things HIS WAY. The feeding has really got me [...]
Tags: Cerebral Palsy · Derby · therapy
