Maria is feeling a lot better. She still has some coughing fits and occasional congestion but she’s back to her old self.
It looks like right after this respiratory episode she had a growth spurt. We are glad we are getting her new AFOs on Friday because her old ones suddenly don’t fit anymore! She can’t even wear them now so she’s getting a two-week break from her braces.
The hippotherapy continues to go well but she’s going to get an unwanted break from that as well. She goes on Fridays but since Christmas and New Year’s fall on Thursday this year, they aren’t opening up on the following Fridays. As though that wasn’t bad enough, there is a bad storm coming in this week that will probably rain them out for this coming Friday so she’ll probably miss three weeks in a row. I’ve said it before – if I win the lottery I’m going to buy them an indoor arena.
Maria has had one session with the new OT and Cathy liked her. I’m going to tag along to the session today. Unlike the other therapists she doesn’t come to the house but the clinic is very close so it’s not too bad. The mid-Saturday-afternoon appointments aren’t the most convenient, but you take what you can get. We’ve been very spoiled by the other therapies Maria has gotten.