therapy
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Kitties are great motivators
A lot has happened since I last posted – some of it good, and some of it bad – and I apologize for the lapse.
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Standing on her own
It’s pretty much day-to-day around here. For the most part, just life as usual: Namine has therapy today, as she does two or three times a week. I don’t remember how often it is anymore; my job doesn’t permit me the time it would take to attend Namine’s therapy sessions. That’s okay, though. Jessica fills…
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Water therapy
Today Namine had her first experience with water therapy at the YMCA. It wasn’t Namine’s first time in a pool (although it is the first time without a trach), and overall, we think she did well.
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On learning
I was catching up on some of my faved tweets, and I came across something interesting. A website posted a list of top ten special needs quotes from this year, and one in particular caught my attention: “If a child cannot learn in the way we teach, we must teach in a way the child…
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Namine has her new AFOs
In all the excitement about getting an MRI in preparation for getting her hernias fixed and g-tube removed, I completely forgot to post about Namine’s AFOs. The doctor said they would be ready sometime after Christmas, but I honestly didn’t expect them to be ready this soon. Nonetheless, Jess, my mom, my sister and Namine…
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Pain management and muscle strength
Every day, we have to stretch Namine’s feet. Not only do her ankles need to be pushed back (they do not normally rest at a ninety degree angle), but her toes, which tend to curl forward, need to be pushed back as well. I’m not sure how much discomfort there is in the stretching, and…
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Cast-off day
Of course when Jessica told Namine this morning that she was going to see her foot doctor, she started freaking out. But today is no ordinary day, and this was no ordinary visit to the orthopedic clinic. Today Namine’s casts were removed, and she is much happier.
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Once more, with feeling
Jessica called ortho yesterday, with the hope that they would be able to tell us something useful. We still don’t know what will happen once the casts come off – in regards to leg braces, therapy, or just general good old day-to-day care.
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Movement as behavior
An online friend of mine – I hope I’m not being too forward when I say friend – pointed this question to me and others: do you consider “movement” a behavior? Now, I’m no therapist, I have no formal education in anything to do with children, or special needs patients, and most of the time…
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A couple more videos
I had taken a bunch of pictures of Namine at dinner tonight, but apparently my phone decided they were corrupt. So, I only have one picture of her to upload tonight, posing for me with her princess wand. I did upload a couple more videos to Youtube, however.
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Hi5 Namine!
Namine sat up by herself in the changing table again. She’s funny; sometimes she’ll refuse to accept any help, but sometimes she’ll be convinced that she needs it. Tonight was the latter.
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Much news
Happy horse day! Today Namine had equestrian therapy, and Jess said she enjoyed it quite a bit. I’m told the benefits will far outweigh her smelling like a horse. I kid, I kid. But on to other serious matters. Namine also had a cardiology appointment, and I got a call from pulmonology about her decannulation.…