First Standing Frame
These pictures show Alex in the first standing frame that he used. It was fourteen months after his accident when he stood for the first time, and he LOVED IT!!
The lady standing next to Alex in the tank top was a nurse that was here with us for about sixteen/eighteen months from 2005-2006. She rode out some scary storms in those early months after ALex first came home, but she hung in there.
The lady in the blue shirt in the second picture is our dear friend Wendy:)
AS for the stander, we, at first, could not find a doctor to sign a prescription to get Alex a standing frame. That is shocking since the studies show how important it is for individuals with paralysis to weight bear in order to decrease(or try to slow down) bone density loss. There are many studies that show that it is even more crucial to weight bear for a child since their bones are still maturing. So, we found, and purchased, ALex's first standing frame on EBAY. When I was able to get Alex to Shriner's in Philadelphia for a week evaluation, a doctor there understood the importance of standing and signed the script that would enable us to get a bigger stander for Alex when he outgrew his first one.
AS for the stander, we, at first, could not find a doctor to sign a prescription to get Alex a standing frame. That is shocking since the studies show how important it is for individuals with paralysis to weight bear in order to decrease(or try to slow down) bone density loss. There are many studies that show that it is even more crucial to weight bear for a child since their bones are still maturing. So, we found, and purchased, ALex's first standing frame on EBAY. When I was able to get Alex to Shriner's in Philadelphia for a week evaluation, a doctor there understood the importance of standing and signed the script that would enable us to get a bigger stander for Alex when he outgrew his first one.
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