Two Elbows!

I have a very exciting update on Evan's left arm. As you know, or if you don't, we thought that most likely Evan would never be able to use his left elbow (the arm with the missing radius). Since birth, he never actively bent it by himself, only passively when using his other arm to help bend it or if he leaned on something. The anatomy of his left elbow is definitely different, so we didn't know if he ever would be able to.

Well..... Guess what??

Evan has been very observant of how his body works. He has been staring at his fingers and his toes and moving them around. So a couple of weeks ago I asked him where his elbow was on that arm. He looked and I showed him how both arms bent at the same part on the arm. I asked him to move it and low and behold I saw little elbow movements!! He got such a kick out of it, he has been doing it all the time now. He does his "exercises" and he can move it much more already.

I'm not sure if he'll ever have full elbow movement, but I think if he keeps at it, he will get even more bend out of it. We are just so proud of him and he is very proud of himself. He is just such a joy.

Here is a video he made for you.