Wednesday, February 18, 2009

When to draw the line

Do you ever get a thought that poses dought, something that just sticks in your head no mater
what you do to try to forget about it... I often wonder if I do all i can for my Skylar, I wonder can i do more. But at some point I have to remember he is a child who deserves to play, get dirty and just be a kid. I think I should stretch him more, but he hates it when we do it now. I think I need to make him wear his knee splints more and his DAFO's but again he hates all of them. Now I do make him wear all of these things, and we do stretch and do joint compressions and range of motion. I guess Im second guessing myself right now because he does have an elbow contracture, and I feel its all my fault for not making him do more, instead of playing or painting, we should of been doing more to stop that. It isnt stopping him from doing anything. So i guess I need to find the balance I thought I once had, I need to make him do more, even if it means an hour less of play a day. It just stinks, I want him to be as much of a kid as he can. But at the same time he needs to keep heading in the correct direction.