Sleeping Beauty
Maria’s been sleeping pretty much continuously since Saturday, and that always makes us a bit nervous. She’s been eating OK when she’s awake, but hasn’t been drinking much. She’s had an on-and-off fever of 101-102 as well. Usually when Maria’s feeling crappy she wants to be held, but she has wanted to be left alone through this. It’s probably nothing, but with a kid like Maria everything looms larger.
Today Cathy is taking her to a woman who does craniosacral therapy. It’s another one of these boogety-boogety treatments that we try (in addition to traditional treatment, of course) with the idea that they do no harm and might actually help. Similar treatments have been qigong (which is the only one that seemed to do anything), reiki, and a faith healer.
Tomorrow, assuming Maria is well enough to go to school, Cathy is going to sit in on her class. The teacher was very open to the idea and Cathy hopes she can give them some tips on how best to interact with Maria.
Cathy got Maria into a new neurologist in early October. According to the scheduler he’s much nicer than Maria’s current one.