POD #5 was our first full day of rehab service and therapy. The first OT session was a bust, we had no idea what time they were coming. They showed up 5min into a movie we had just started so she was pissed and wailed her way down the hall to the therapy room. We ended up just bringing a game back to her room where she later, very reluctantly, started to play. PT about a half hour after that went amazingly well. We are pretty sure that Annabelle developed an immediate crush on her new PT (rehab service did tell us that all the little girls like this guy, it was funny). Annabelle went on the swing and used her trunk control to get it moving, she stood up on the swing and did high knees. Then she got a shopping cart out and went all around the therapy room "shopping" for bean bag animals. She even made it up the stairs to get a few at the top! The PT had to stabilize her at the hips a bit but otherwise she was kind of off.
Our afternoon sessions went a bit better. The first part of OT there were meltdowns but then she got to go on the swing again so she chilled out. She was able to crawl all through an obstacle course and played catch with me with a giant ball, with both hands. afternoon PT we did a lot of the same activities- walking around with the cart, stairs, squats. But this time the therapist hardly had to hold on to her, she got up the stairs on her own and even did an excellent squat to pick the toys up with just a bit of help. Then we let go of the cart and she walked across the room without holding onto anything! She still had the cast on her left leg so she was a bit unstable but she did it! Finally, she got to get onto one of the bikes and peddled her way all around our loop of the hospital, she loved it. The therapist told me that he could tell a notable difference and improvement already, just between the 2 sessions!
Yesterday, POD #6, I had to go to work so Jim was in the hospital. Therapy went a bit better than the day before with less fits. She continued to do well in both OT and PT, even did a "bear crawl" all on her own, which we've been trying to do for forever in regular OT. In PT she got to do all the same things as the day before and continued to be increasingly stable on her feet and rode the bike super fast!
Today is POD #7, just 1 week out from surgery day! Overnight last night we hit a bit of a bump. Annabelle did not sleep well and Jim was worried it was a pain issue, but then she woke up and threw up all over her bed. Jim was super worried something was wrong with regards to the meds or surgery.... but then he started doing it too :-P grooooooss. So this morning we had to rush grandma out to sit with Annabelle while daddy went home to bed. OT this morning was more meltdowns but PT was good. This afternoon I got back to the hospital and she has done very well. All of OT went well- she walked all around with her shopping cart and was using both lefty and righty to take Velcro fruits apart. She was even doing different movements with lefty and righty!!! Whenever she tries to do something with lefty, righty will mimic that movement like they are "linked". We've been trying to "unlink" them for a long time. She seems to be feeling much better than her daddy this afternoon and has eaten breakfast and lunch without any issues. I think she and I are going to have a good PT session and a good evening tonight!
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