therapy
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First cookout of the season
This morning before heading to the hospital to visit Jessica’s mom, Namine made Mother’s Day cards for Jessica’s mom and sisters (the ones who are mothers, at any rate).
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Throwback Thursday
I guess I just missed throwback Thursday, but that’s okay. With all of Namine’s progress in her walker lately, I wanted to show you how far she’s come.
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Back at it
It’s been over a month since Namine’s last session in physical therapy. For this reason, her therapist was afraid that Namine had lost much of the strength she’d built up since recovering from her heart surgery. She was surprised and pleased to find that this was not the case.
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After therapy
On the way home from therapy, Namine called me on Jessica’s phone and sang Let It Go to me. Yes, the whole song. <3
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Frustrations
The good news, kids, is that the state has determined that Namine still qualifies to receive disability benefits. The bad news is that she still has not received her speech prior authorizations, and likely never will. This means that she can’t receive speech therapy.
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A throwback post
My Aunt CR came across some pictures and videos of Namine from 2010. Man, was she a little peanut.
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Literally 8,000 times faster
I didn’t get to accompany Jessica and Namine to therapy today, but my sister did. Namine walked on the treadmill only because she had therapy with Lesley, and she walked across the mat “eight thousand times faster.” That may or may not be an exaggeration.
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Building strength
Namine’s two physical therapists push her hard, but it’s a rare occasion when she complains that they’re not being fair. And this is not one of those times.
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Writing is hard
It took Namine almost an hour to complete a single handwriting worksheet. Our first thought is that it’s just Namine being obstinate, but it might belie a larger issue, one that has been brought up before. The problem is, no one can tell us if it’s merely stubbornness or something more.
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Rug burns are awesome
Physical therapy has always been a part of Namine’s life, and it always will be. She has to work harder to do things that just come naturally to other children.
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Potty training
Potty training is hard to nail down in the best of circumstances. But add to the normal stress between parent and child the possibility – nay, the likelihood – that said child might not be able to have sufficient bladder control at all, well, things might get interesting. Then again, everybody involved might just learn…
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Lies, damned lies, and IEPs
We thought we were past the lunacy of IEPs. We were wrong.