Elizabeth's Orthotic

Elizabeth wears an orthotic when she is standing and playing in her walker now. It is her first orthotic for her foot. We see her orthopedic at Kennedy Krieger in Baltimore, but her orthotic was made in our area. So far she does not seem to mind it. It is her first foot orthotic of many more to come in the future. The purpose of the orthotic is to try to keep her foot flat when she stands. Her cerebral palsy causes her to curl her toes in. It will be difficult for her to learn to walk, but her doctors are confident she can do it and I know she WILL do it! She is one strong and determined girl. I think she takes after her mom. :) She continues to receive physical and occupational therapy Monday- Friday. 

When she wears her orthotic she has to wear shoes. Here is a tip for moms who may have to deal with this in the future... The shoes will have to be two different sizes. Her true shoe size is a 3, so she wears a size 3 1/2 (to give her a little room to grow) on her right foot. To accommodate for the orthotic we had to get a size 5 1/2 extra wide for her left foot. We bought her shoes at Stride Rite. 

If you need to buy two shoes because of a situation like ours, Stride Rite will actually give you 1/2 off one pair of the shoes when you buy the two pairs. This will help save a little on the cost. I am planning on calling our Health Insurance company too to see if they will reimburse me for any of the cost since the shoes were bought for a health issue. I will let you know what they say when I get around to  it.