BenRyan_SolsDad

Good one. I think she wishes that I earned more money!!

The health care provider here (NHS) see fit to provide two sockets (new arms) per year. I don't think that's enough. His little arm is bigger or some days than others. Now that I make his arms instead I keep spare sockets of slightly different sizes to help with this issue and just keep an eye on how tight it is. The initial prosthetic he was given by the NHS was a big problem at first. Some days it fit well, other days it was too loose. I worked around this buy cutting the top of a rubber glove to create a flexible band. Underneath that Sol wore prosthetic socks of various thicknesses to suit. The sock and rubber wasnt ideal but was an effective workaround.

The really amazing parents are the ones still sat by their kids bedsides in childrens hospitals all around the world. I feel lucky that it was 'just' his arm :(

I prefer 'international arms dealer' :)

Sorry didn't answer the second part. Sol's prosthetist said that he has never seen a child take so well to prosthetics from birth. The way he uses it is so intuitive. It is 'his arm'