Success...

I was going to title this post 'big success' or 'huge success' but I want to keep things in perspective. Anyway, this afternoon Siobhan was so excited and came into the kitchen and knelt on the floor. Kneeling has been hard the last few months so this was very exciting! She could kneel down on the floor but couldn't sit back on her heels. Kneeling for family prayer was always a fight because of it. Criss cross applesauce was also problematic.

So when Siobhan came into the kitchen and knelt down on the floor, the first thing I noticed was that she wasn't just kneeling, she was sitting back on her heels!!!!!! Yippee!!!!!!!!!!! I asked her to sit criss cross applesauce and again, not problem! I had her lay down on her back and bent her left knee toward her chest and boom! No issues! This is so exciting!!!!!!! And that's without any of her meloxicam (daily anti-inflammatory) today as well. I'm so happy but best of all, Siobhan is so happy.

I can't imagine what it must be like for her to not have any pain. It must be such a big difference and I'm so happy for her!

I want to be realistic as a lot of kids have their symptoms come back within a few months of the steroid injections. So I'm determined to remain cautiously optimistic. I'm just looking forward to (hopefully) more than just a few months of no pain.