News flash to those of you who, like me see ocean waves and think "takes-a-while-to-get-used-to-it-before-plunging-all-the-way-in": when they say "warm Gulf waters" they actually mean as in almost too warm to seem appropriate for hygeinic bathing. But then it was kinda fun and then we realized (somewhere between when one of Caleb's crutches got sucked under the waves and I considered the possibilities of finding a replacement and before my friend found it) what warm water meant for Caleb. Joy. One of those things no one told us when Caleb was little and we were following therapists' advice and pushing pool time was that what seems comfortable to the rest of us will cause muscle spasms in muscles with CP. So the screaming kid complaining about the water being too cold was not being wimpy he was in pain. Now, at 25 he is thinking maybe he'll give swimming another try (if we move to Florida).
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