Feet

So, school is starting soon and that means it may be possible to get a pair of shoes on Ayden Jane. Last years shoes are finally too small. I know, count the blessings of PWS as they come and not going through tons of shoes could be one of them. It is, however, time to get some new shoes to head back to school in. After all, they do require them....

Her old shoes, affectionately known as her 'jump highers', have an orthotic. I am not exactly sure if there is a name for her particular one, but we had Mr. Alan custom make them for her feet. I pulled them out and asked Jen, our PT (life saver), if we were going to continue with them, get new ones or if we might possibly be done with them?

Jen had Ayden Jane stand barefoot (as she always is...) without them and then stand in them. Ayden Jane definitely supinates (sp?) her right foot and pronates her left foot without them. Not horribly, but enough to benefit from some correction. When Jen had her stand in her orthotics, she felt that the supination was corrected well, but the pronation definitely needs more support. Ayden Jane has broken down the old ones in that area...

End result? We have an appointment with Mr. Alan on Tues. to see what he thinks. He may be able to sort of rebuild the old ones, or he may make molds for some brand new ones. Either way, Jen is thinking this will be her last pair! Yay. The really nice thing is that Ayden Jane is only to wear them part of the day so that she can continue to work the intrinsic muscles in her foot. Soooo, wear them to school from 9-12 and then maybe for a bit in the evening. No pressure and naturally an easy balance of shoes and barefoot.