therapy
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Progress at PT
Yesterday Namine had physical therapy.
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Amazing from the ordinary
Jessica, Namine and I went to a running store yesterday. Jessica needed a pair of shoes with good arch support, physical therapist’s orders. And the shoes with the best arch support are running (or sports in general) shoes. My dad came along to give advice on which kind would be best. I wasn’t needed; only…
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Preliminary IEP
This morning was Namine’s pre-IEP IEP. They called it the “preliminary IEP” – more like preliminary waste of time. We talked, we exchanged information, but no real decisions were made. We decided to make decisions, though. Does that count? After the meeting was said and done, nothing was committed. We signed a form or two,…
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Difficulty speaking
Namine speaks in nearly all vowels. For whatever reason, she doesn’t make any plosive sounds. That is, B/D/P/T kind of sounds. She can make Ms, Ns (okay, with a little more difficulty), and Ls. But plosives, she can only seem to make when she plugs her nose. Speech therapy was concerned that it wasn’t just…
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A quick update
That’s Namine napping on the couch, on top of her piggy pillow. She fell asleep watching “Scooby Doo Meets Batman” for God only knows how many times. (I can tolerate that – and the other Scooby Doo videos she has – a little better than Dora or Elmo.) She was feeling much better last night,…
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Her quiet strength
Yesterday morning, Namine proved that all the therapy with her legs and feet is paying off.
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Pool therapy, again
An alternate title for this post could be “crossing our fingers.”
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Orthotics appointment today
Jessica took Namine in to see orthotics today.
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On communication
Every so often, I’ll come across a post or a tweet from other special needs folks that will inspire a post of its own here on our site.
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Parenting is an ad-lib
This is especially true for raising a special needs child.
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An apple a day
It’s been an almost immeasurably long time since Namine had last had an apple. It’s not that she doesn’t like them; far from it, she loves apples. But she couldn’t eat them, for fear of choking. The skin, especially, posed a problem. But before Namine’s cleft palate was repaired, she could not eat very much.…
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Spreading awareness
The other day, I took Namine to McDonald’s, just the two of us out to a father-daughter lunch after a hard physical therapy session. Namine had worked hard, and despite being sick, made steps (ha ha) toward strengthening her legs. She deserved a treat.