Getting a new brace for foot drop

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He can walk so much better and for longer periods at a time with a brace on his foot.
I found out I can have some extenions made on the straps of his shoes.
Just a visit to a quality shoe repair will save me the cots of buying two different sizes of shoes. This gets hot in the summer so finding high quality sandals was a priority.
I got some Hush puppies sandals in a wide shoe store. On sale for about $80.00. How much have I spent /wasted on trial and error, looking for something that will work out that he is willing to wear?
Lets say I could probably pay rent with the last years shoe budget.
Ps that's the beautiful and helpful nanny in the back .... she just wrote a paper on Zach.... I hope she lets me post it. : )

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He's grown so much this is our second brace.
I didn't know Complex Regional Pain Syndrome could last this long.
It's been a year and a half.

Zachary moved his toes!

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Originally uploaded by jippyjabber.

Happy Feet. I saw his toes move. As you look at this photo it's the foot on the left. Actually his right foot. He can't move his toes do to the complex regional pain syndrome and the foot drop. I was rubbing lotion on his leg the other day and I thought I saw his big toe move. Last night I was rubbing his foot and his toes moved! He can't do it himself yet but the nerves are healing! This happened about a year ago and he's able to walk around the house on his own. He's limping and it hurts but it's great to see him recovering some use of his leg. We still need the wheel chair. Is this a sign that it might be out of life completely one day?