Posts Tagged ‘prosthetic3’
Home and happy
We met with David one more time before heading home. Jordan was pretty darn excited about having a chance to play with him. Since we went to the children’s museum, she has warmed up to actually using her hook. Here she is using both hands pushing a big exercise ball with David: But we had…
Read More +I think we're figuring it out
We met up with Jordan’s prosthetist, David Rotter, again today. This time we met on his turf – the University of Illinois-Chicago Medical Center. Getting Jordan’s arm on this morning was pretty easy. I think I bribed her with television or something but she didn’t sqirm or complain or anything. That was pretty nice. Today…
Read More +Interesting juggle
So we wore the new arm today — I decided to have Jordan wear her new bouncy hand — low pressure and simple to put on. Jordan didn’t like that I made her wear it, but I wanted to see when it’s helpful and when it’s in the way. My first note: She can pound…
Read More +Taking a break
Well… We have an arm to play with over the weekend. Jordan’s new prosthetic has the ability to use three different “hands.” A hook that opens and closes when Jordan uses her shoulders, a hand with a little flexibility and offers simple stability and a hand that holds onto a bike! (yahoo!) Of all three…
Read More +A cool bouncy arm
We’re getting closer to an arm that works for Miss Jordan. We just tried on her new arm with a hand that bounces! It’s slightly flexible and just gives Jordan extra stability. She almost immediately took a liking to it when she realized she can bounce or clap with both hands! Bouncing: Clapping: I also…
Read More +First attempt at a body powered prosthetic
We are at Schreck and Siress and working with David Rotter – who was recommended by a thousand different people (okay, actually ten). Anyway, he’s patiently helping Jordan prepare for her first body powered prosthetic. I caught this moment when she tried to move the hand for the first time with David’s help.
Read More +This may be trickier than I thought
So Jordan and I have made it to the Chicago area to start working with Scheck and Siress – a prosthetic company that has many, many offices in the area. I had shot a tiny video clip of us on the road – but the wireless card that I actually turned around to pick up…
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