5.29.13 Venturing Out

As the weather has warmed up and the amount of sicknesses floating around has decreased, we have slowly begun to bring Aimee back out into society wearing a mask to provide extra protection. She has been able to go to school 3 days so far, been to church several times, and even gotten to visit a few friends. In fact, this Saturday we are excited to take Aimee on her birthday outing to the Pacific Science Center. Only 3 months after her birthday. :)


A few updates from this past month:

-Aimee has recovered completely from her surgery, although we technically have a few weeks left before we will know the full affects. As of today, it doesn't seem to have resolved her tear duct issue, but we'll wait to judge.

-We met with Pulmonary clinic this past week and they do want another sleep study done. They are hoping that her nasal passage being more open will allow the pressures on her night time BiPap machine to be lowered. She also got a sparkling clean new mask to wear. Unfortunately, she has a rash from wearing the new one the last few nights. I am wondering if it was washed in some type of chemical before coming to us.

-We were able to have a few ABM lessons over the past couple weeks too. Her response to this therapy is wonderful to see. She has been working on participating in sitting up. When going to the left, she is doing really amazing. She pulls her head forward, keeps her arm down, and even showed a tiny bit of pushing against her arm the last time. She has a really hard time participating toward the right. She has a harder time mapping that side out in her brain it seems, so in general she is less active on that side.

-We are preparing our family and our home for the arrival of Aimee's little brother Elliot, who we expect in about three weeks. Please pray for a peaceful delivery and for our family as we transition to three babies.