School Time Coming Up

Well, here we are at the end of August, school starting for everyone and Emily getting geared up for pre-K. We were concerned whether she would be permitted to attend given that she has some limitations and still the occasional bladder accidents. But it looks like she will be able to go. This will be the same school that Andrew went to for two years.

At this point, Emily is getting around much better, although she's still not back to how she was pre-op. Still doing rehab once or twice a week and has even been going to the pool on occasion and wading out to the middle on her own with floaties.

Currently, we're working with Scottish Rite to get her initial surgery scheduled asap in order to begin the straightening of her spine. We don't want to put it off any longer than we have to. As I believe I mentioned, this will involve equipping her with the veptr. You can view previous posts to view illustrations of this contraption.

Taking Steps...

Amazingly, Emily, the other day, got out of her bed on her own, and came down the stairs, sliding, that is. Quite an improvement, to say the least.

But, even more evidence to her improvement, is that she came home from rehab this morning, after having some tape strips placed across the back of her knees to support, she was able to walk across the kitchen without any assistance.

It appears that that during the course of two weeks in the hospital, she lost a great deal of muscle in her legs, so as to duplicate how she was when we brought her home from China. She is without pain at the moment, but we anticipate her having some later today with her having made these steps.

One day at a time...