Alison has "graduated" from and AFO to an SMO. She got her new brace this morning. Her old AFO was just a plain opaque plastic but the SMO is really cute, with flowers all over it. It's been a little bit of adjustment, as the new brace is a little bulkier than the old one. While we can cram her foot into the shoes she already has, I think we're going to go shoe shopping and look for some wide width shoes to make things a little easier. If we can't find anything we like, we'll settle for some longer shoe laces for the current shoes.

So far, she seems to be doing ok in the SMO. There was some concern that the weight of the brace would make her foot drop worse, but that doesn't seem to be happening. But then again, we're trying to strengthen those muscles, so that little extra weight may work to her advantage in the long run. Her physical therapist thougth she was doing ok with it. We'll see what her orthopedic surgeon thinks when we see him in a couple of weeks.