Sitting Up: Take One

The therapist first started by stretching Ellie's legs.  Richard and I were astonished at how easily they moved!  Normally, we would have to pry her legs apart to separate them because her muscles were so tight.  Kinda cool to see!

We VERY GENTLY got Ellie onto Daddy's lap (we were all a little anxious about moving her, but we were able to get her there without *too* much pain).  She was quite happy to be on Daddy's lap (we're still not at the "smiling" stage yet...hopefully tomorrow).

The therapist tried to get Ellie to kick her legs up.  She was able to do it a little bit, but it definitely takes a lot of effort.  It's very obvious as to why we need so much rehab after this surgery...

After we were done with stretching, we took Ellie on her first stroll.  Getting her into the stroller was a bit tricky, but Richard was able to do it.  As you can tell from the picture, she was very exhausted by the time we got her into the stroller and was still groggy as we hadn't yet stopped the morphine.  She was not in the mood for smiling.

This picture definitely reflects her mood after being in her stroller for about 15 min.  She was DONE!  And TIRED!  Sweet thing.