Many Steps & School Orientation
On Wednesday, Barb the physical therapist called me and said Maria took about 155 steps by herself (while Barb was holding her, but she didn’t have to kick Maria’s feet), then took another 150+ steps, then took 40 or 50 steps. WOW! The most she’s ever taken in the past was in the 50s or 60s–and we thought that was amazing! Granted, she only took 15 independent steps yesterday, and today she didn’t do so well, but Wednesday she did great!!
Last night was Maria’s school orientation. Manolis & I went with her. Denise greeted us at the door and Maria gave her a big wiggle immediately–didn’t take her any time at all to process. She also recognized Karen. Funny thing is that I didn’t notice much of a reaction for Kelli, her teacher (Denise & Karen are the aides). Samantha finally got there and came over to say hi to Maria. She barely touched Maria’s hand and Maria gave such a big wiggle that it scared Samantha, she ran away and it took her quite some time before she came back around Maria. It was very cute!
Maria didn’t seem nervous at all being back in the classroom. She barely sucked her thumb (very unusual for school), and she wanted to stand almost the entire time. They were shocked at how big she’d gotten and impressed at how much standing she was doing. Apparently the class is near full at the beginning of school–last year they started with about 8 kids; so they’re going to have 3 aides.
Tomorrow we go see Debbie for some more Jin Shin Jyutsu, then Monday’s school. I hope Maria does even better this year. Seems like she’s excited about going back.