Here is the deal, we don't need this for Nina. She has a reverse walker that she uses very proficiently, and she will be getting a wheelchair in the near future. So for now, we have a brand new gait trainer in our basement collecting dust, and we are never going to use it.
We would love to find a family that could use it for their child. The only thing that would need to be covered is the shipping. Really, that is all. I know there is a little girl with CP there somewhere that would be filled with joy by taking those first steps!
Update: Nina's Gait Trainer has a new owner! Exciting that it will go to a little girl that shares the same birth country as Nina, as well as the joy of having a family!
Does it actually hold the child up in a standing position so that they can't sit down? We have a walker for our little girl, but she stops and crawls off all the time... She needs to stand at least an hour a day to work on strengthening her muscles and something that she had to stand up in would help. In fact, I think we have that walker (green one pictured above), just without the seat and straps...
ReplyDeleteI'm not asking for the walker - just wondering about how the seat works!
how about a little girl with Arthrogryposis from the same country as Nina? and even lives in the same state! Our small town hospital doesnt have a gait trainer for young children since they dont have that many in therapy there so she is not weight bearing much at all. I would love to have it and would put it to good use. She wants to walk SO BAD!
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