therapy
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Namine on her Radio Flyer bike
Just last week Namine couldn’t even move while on her Radio Flyer bike. No longer — she straps it on and gets it done.
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My child with a disability is my hero
I’d like to explain why Namine is my hero.
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Trying something new
It seems that it’s only when Jessica is sick that I get to take Namine to therapy.
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Improving speech
Namine had speech and physical therapy today. She has her good days and bad days, as anyone does, and today was a particularly good day.
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Namine’s stockpile
I love Nerf guns. I always have. It’s been a lifelong obsession of mine to get whatever latest crazy Nerf gun that has come out, whether I am going to use it a lot or not. (Hint: not.)
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Climbing into the wheelchair
Namine’s physical therapist has been working with her lately on climbing into her wheelchair. It’s been slow going, and we’re not sure why. We have some theories, though.
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Diapers and potty training
Potty training is stressful enough for both parent and child. It’s made even more stressful by not knowing if your child is able to tell when they need to go, or if they can hold it at all.
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Princess Legos
We had planned on going to the mall over the weekend. For obvious reasons, we didn’t go on Saturday – Namine was still sick, and even though she was once again eating real food, we didn’t want to chance taking her out.
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Our growing girl
Have you ever heard of Wolff’s Law? I hadn’t, not until the day before yesterday. My wife and I were looking at pictures of Namine from over the past year with my aunt up at her house. We noted that Namine has, contrary to doctors’ predictions (sounds familiar, right?), been growing quite a bit. We…
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2013 in review
Kids, this has been one crazy year. I can assure you, never did we think at the start of it that Namine would have endured half the stuff she has, to say nothing of getting a prosthetic and having heart surgery.
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Therapy
Despite Namine’s crazy sleep pattern the night before last, she performed admirably in therapy. However tired she may have been, she worked her little butt off.
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Just sleep already!
Sometimes Namine just refuses to go to sleep.