Carter and his new Friend!

Today was Maggie Day! (Occupational Therapy Day)

Maggie day was a little different today we had a guest here. Jaclyn is a college student at Plymouth State in her second year of Early Childhood Development. Jaclyn's interest really took off when she was helping take care of her little sister in Wisconsin. Her sister had a very complicated syndrome that required lots of attention and hard work and most of all LOVE. Jaclyn spent a lot of time helping out with her sister and found a love for helping others who needed it. Her sister spent her last week of life on a Make A Wish cruise with Jaclyn and other family memebers and was a very happy little girl! This little girl made such an impact on Jaclyn's life she has since been helping others everywhere. Over this past summer Jaclyn worked at a camp for Challenged Adults and Teens. Most of the people Jaclyn worked with at the camp were non verbal and very neurologically challenged. She spent her entire summer at this camp giving up her own freedom. She left for the camp every Sunday night and was there for an entire week and then did it again each week only seeing her family and friends on the weekends. Talk about dedication!! Jaclyn has a special gift when it comes to working with others. Her mother explained to me that most of the campers formed very stong bonds with Jaclyn and preferred her over some of the other instructors. I worked with Jaclyn's mom at the Attorneys office and after talking about Jaclyn's special gift and her aspirations I invited her to sit in on one of Carter's Occupational Therapy appointments so she could see everything first hand.

Of course Carter exceeded in his tasks today with Maggie and made it a great visit. We did some play while standing at the coffee table. We did some weight shifting from leg to leg and hip to hip. Jaclyn was totally amazed at how much Carter does and how well he does it. He took a couple independent steps from the couch to the coffee table which is a sign that he is getting close to walking right out of his walker and walking independently. Maggie said that she knows he will be out of the walker in no time.

At the end of therapy I took Carter's leg off and he amazed Jaclyn all over again with the things he does without his prosthetic leg.

I wish Carter was old enough to know how much of an impact he makes on others!