The little skateboarder

You know, the photo montage down below that I posted a few days ago……..there is a little snip in the middle with some video of a little skateboarder. It seems slightly out of place with the photos. Well, that was Quinn. The significance of it is that he was using his clubfoot to push himself. (Tears). This was huge. His foot had just never worked right on its own for things like walking up stairs, pushing a scooter/skate board or hopping on it. In this clip, I asked him to try putting his “clubbie” down on the ground to push…..he had never been able to do it before. The video speaks for itself….it was immediatly e-mailed to his therapist and doctor.

Last week Quinn had an appointment with his doctor. He had something special to show Dr. W. at this visit. We practiced in the examining room while waiting for the doc. Much noise radiated from our closed door. Laughter, clapping and a bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump sound could be heard. When Dr. W. came in, I told Quinn, “Okay, show him”. My son proceeded to balance on his clubfoot leg and hop across the room on it. He made it 6 whole hops.

It has taken him 4 years to accomplish this feat, and I will remember it forever, right along with his first step.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.