Hi, I am Lynette’s left leg that was damaged by the car accident. I try to make everything more difficult for her. The foot that is attached to me doesn’t pivot very efficiently and I often won’t enable her to pick me up high enough, which can make her trip and fall. I also stubbornly refuse to go forward without the right leg going ahead of me.

Recently, I am trying something new by buckling whenever she puts any weight on me. Now she is worried that she might not be able to walk. She really needs me!

Whenever she tries to get out of the car, I tend again to make things pretty difficult for her by refusing to move my foot. Then she has to step on it and then figure out how to maneuver it better. Now everything takes her much longer.

She is a determined one who won’t give up. She takes me walking on her trail in her backyard daily as well as riding her stationary bike. I remember she used to walk for hours on the weekends in her old neighborhood.

Sometimes she used to run up stairs with her arms up high above her shoulders like “Rocky”. She would imagine the music playing, “Gonna Fly Now!”  That memory is probably where she got the idea to call me “Sylvester?” I didn’t used to be so pesky; I used to help her walk and climb. She presently has to make every effort to encourage me to lift up while attempting her walking stride.

These days, I am trying to think up new ways to trip her up. For example, I don’t like to pivot very easily when she tries to turn around the walking trail with her walker. My job is such an easy one because I can refuse to allow her to turn around quickly. So this causes her to lose momentum so she will have to fight to continue to keep on struggling to keep going.

Well, I think overall she is a pretty good sport who won’t give up easily! Way to go, girl!