Bionics, Olympics, and the Yellow Brick Road

Weird title, I know. But there are a few exciting things in our near future. Currently, Drew is breaking in a schedule for 'Wearable Therapy' from Axiobionics.

It is electrical stimulation pads sewn into a custom made garment (left and right arm sleeves) to control his spastic tone and try to re-educate the brain to lessen the abnormal tone patterns. It is pretty cool, and he tolerates the e-stim pretty well. It cycles and alternates the current to the spots on his arms that work against him, when he is trying to have purposeful movements of his arms and hands. We are hopeful that this will lessen his tone so he can learn how to make his arms and hands work like he wants them to!
Drew also got chosen for the Summer Games of MI Special Olympics. He will be competing in swimming and another event. The best thing is, he is going with his BFF Maddie! They get to stay (with the teachers that are taking them) in the dorms at CMU! They will travel together, do the events together, and sleep in the dorms. He will feel sooooooo independent! I will be close by, watching and cheering them on in their adventure!! I am excited, but know as it gets closer I will be a wreck! He and Maddie will have a ball tho. They love fun!
The other cool thing is that Drew's Aunt Joanie found a posting in the paper about the Sterling Civic Theater welcoming people with special needs for their summer production of 'Wizard of Oz'. They are open auditions for anyone, but they want our kids involved. I thought that was so cool. We took Drew for the audition on Wednesday and he loved it! He loved the dancing part more than the singing...we will see where he fits in. He got so excited, and he just loves to be involved in anything. I will keep you all updated on the Olympics and how the auditions are coming!
Peace!!