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YMCA Video - Ms. Myrtle's Take

This is Ms. Myrtle as she talks about Ben. She starts talking about him toward the end of the first segment and finishes up in the second. It is worth the time to listen.

YMCA Video

Our local YMCA asked us to be a part of a video to help with their fund raising efforts. There are a few more segments before and after us - I may try to post the part with a very special person talking about Ben. For now, you can see this.

Bound to Do the Job

Every six months Ben is measured for new ankle foot orthotics - AFOs for short. The process can take 30-45 minutes depending on how wiggly Ben may be that day. On this day, Ben decided he was going to fight Steve, our long time orthotist, to the death. In the end, we won, but only because I realized we could lock Ben's foot down in his chair while Steve wrapped the other one. Ben lost leverage to push back and some dignity since he was beat. First, Steve put an open toed sock on Ben's foot. After the rubber yellow band was put in place the entire leg and foot, from the knee down, were wrapped in this very wet tape. Ben's foot remained in a specific position to get the correct cast. Once the wet tape dried in 5 minutes, Steve cut off the cast using a special scissor, running it down the rubber yellow band, so as not to cut Ben's leg. Here's Sean pulling out the sock that was underneath. It was not needed anymore. The final cast was a good one, d