Kainen's first day...

...first day of 1st grade. First day going to school in a wheel chair. First day not riding the bus...ok, well that's not true. I've driven him before during kindergarten but this was the first day that I drove, no wheeled, him in MY car and then wheeled him in HIS wheel chair to his classroom. It was bitter sweet. Tears welled but never fell. I knew he would be ok. His school made me feel very comfortable bringing him, leaving him, there. They took care of everything as far as getting the "special bus" figured out. All I needed to do was bring him to school and pick him up on his first day. Everyone is very accommodating and accepting. My biggest worry was for him, during recess, being lonely, not having anyone to play with or being able to keep up with the other kids.

I picked him up and he was fine. I asked him his high and low of the day and he said his high was the first project of the day which was like a scavenger hunt and his low was..."nothing!" That exclamation mark was in his voice and I was so relieved to hear it. He had a good day and I'm so thankful. He was able to meet up with his friends from Kindergarten, Hailey and Josh, at recess time and he played with them the whole time. He has two friends from Kindergarten in his class, Eli and Scarlett. I think that's comforting to him but I don't think that they're as close to him as Hailey and Josh were or are. I'm glad they were able to find each other.

Tomorrow, his second day, he already has to miss. He'll have his second follow up with ortho. I believe they will do x-rays of his foot and leg but I'm not 100% sure.

Friday will be his first pick up from the special bus right at our door. I hope that goes well. I hope he'll be able to find his class okay when they drop him off. Someone should be there to help him but I won't be so I will, of course, worry.