Tuesday - A Day of Appointments

Gracie had a horribly restless night, she tossed and turned and screamed out in her sleep all night long. I think she was overtired and that is not a good thing for her. Poor little pumpkin woke up at 5:30 a.m. and was in a mood, and I'm not talking a good mood. At 6:00 a.m. I put her in the car and we dropped daddy off at work as his vehicle was in the shop for maintenance. The ride did her good and mellowed her out a bit, although she was still a little cranky if things didn't go quite her way.

We ate a little breakfast, took a bath (which she enjoyed), and then played a little before I put her down for a nap at 8:15 a.m. That was just what she needed. She slept for an hour and awoke a new girl. We worked on feeding ourself fruitloops with a spoon. That will need a little more practice, but we're on our way. At 10:00 a.m. Sandy, Gracie's physical therapist, came over to work with her. Gracie did great on the balance ball and Sandy worked on stretching out some tight muscles. Sandy was pleased with Gracie's progress.

After a quick lunch, we headed to the clinic for Gracie's follow-up appointment with her Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation doctor. Dr. D. was quite pleased with Gracie's overall progress. Her walking skills, her cognitive skills, and her progress with all of her motor skills. The orthotics (braces) for her feet are making a noticeable difference, so we will continue wearing those. Dr. D. did consider putting Gracie in leg splints at night as she never completely unbends her knees, but decided that we would wait 6 months and see how she is doing before we go that route. I personally am hoping that we don't have to go that route. Our areas to work on are the hip area, the hamstrings, and working her shoulders and back muscles (although shoulders is hard to do at her age).

We feel that Gracie is making so much great progress and things are really starting to click for her. We hope and pray that this continues.

Tonight was a lazy night for all three of us, we just hung out and played. Gracie just jabbered and jabbered and jabbered. She is now sleeping peacefully...hopefully that continues through the night.

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie