I am very excited about going to school. I get to ride a bicycle that is specially built for the disabled. I have to wear a helmet of course like everyone else. My therapist straps me in. The bike has training wheels so I don’t lose my balance. Its very safe. I get to ride around the playground everyday at recess. Its very good therapy as it works my legs and I have fun too!

This week I had to go get new AFO’s (leg braces). Every year I have to get new ones cause I grow. We had to go to Hickory NC to get them so I got out of school. Anyway, I got a pair of shoes with the braces cause its so difficult to find shoes that fit with the AFOs. They also came with 6 pairs of socks. I have to wear long socks that come up to my knees. I have to wait on my shoes cause they only had red and black and I wanted pink. My new braces are very pretty. They look like a rainbow. My other ones were getting tight and very uncomfortable.

I started back to school last week. I like school but not the homework. We went back to Winston Salem a few weeks ago to get my casts off. They weren’t on that long. My doctor in Winston Salem told Mom that the afo’s (leg braces) that I have, aren’t right for me, so I have to go to Hickory to get a new set soon. Mom, Grandma and I met with my social workers today after school just to go over my progress. I don’t have to go back to Winston Salem till January. So, I am happy about that.