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Well Blake sure did work hard today. We had Speech and Ocuptional Therapy this morning from 9-10am. He did such a good job. What an improvement he has made since last Friday. The speech therapist was amazed at how many words he was putting together. Last Friday he could only say one word at a time, and today he was putting 2 and 3 words together. She said that she really isn't worried about his speech, she thinks he is going to improve daily. His right hand is his biggest challenge right now. He still cant conciously move it. The therapist has him do a lot of crawl positioning-putting weight on his arm/hand helps strengthen his muscles. That is what we are really working on for the moment. I am praying that he will begin to conciously move his arm soon. Blake crashed after our session was over. Our rehab team of doctors came to check on him, they said they were going to have a meeting at noon to determine Blake's plan. We ate lunch, then had Music Therapy. Blake seemed to enjoy it. Right after that we had Physical Therapy. We worked on standing-to strengthen his right leg muscles. Wow! I cant tell you how much stronger his leg is from last week. Its so amazing to watch. He did really good. One of the last things Angie(our PT) did was have him walk to me-assisted of course. Since he was so tired she showed me how he began to pop his leg back. Hyperextending it. The more he got tired the worse it got. Right now they really want to focus on crawling-he just isnt strong enough to walk by himself yet. She said she thinks once his leg brace is finally here-hopefully Friday-that it will be no time before he is walking again. I know he cant wait until that day!
I cant thank all of you enough for all the support and love you have shown us. Blake is doing as well as he is because of all your visits. Kids are truly the BEST therapy for him right now. And let me just say-the nurses have all complimented us on his room. All the pictures and signs-balloons and flowers-stuffed animals and all the cars, they are GREAT!! Everyone tells us he has the coolest room on the floor! I know he loves all of it. I dont know what I would do without all the support. You are all amazing and I love you all!! So THANK YOU!!!
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