Standing at attention

Vegard has no will povered movements. He can not hold his head up for a long time, he can hardly lift his head from the floor when lying on his belly. Still, a young man has to get up and about, and it is good for the bones to be standing upright. Also, Vegard gets a very different view when standing, rather than sitting or lying down. So, in order to get up and standing, Vegard has a "standing shell" fitted.

It vary a lot wether he feels up to standing or not. At the best, he can stand for up to one hour, some days he will start crying after five minutes.


April 2006 - Vegard is being plastered for fitting a "standing shell" -
impressing the orthopedic technician by sleeping through the whole thing


April 2006 - Vegard in his "standing shell" for the very first time


May 2008 - getting ready for being plastered for a new shell


Getting one of the legs done


August 2008 - standing in kindergarten