June 21st

Megan had another full day of therapy. In speech, Megan got to work with Bananagrams. She had to name the letter that she was picking up because she has had difficulty with that so far. She was then given two letters, an A and a P.  She then had to add letters in front to make different words (ex: map, sap, tap, rap, nap, etc.). After that Megan actually asked to work on picture cards. She wanted to do the fruits and vegetables. My mom said she did pretty well with these (I wasn't there this morning). She had  an easier time with the fruits than she did with the veggies. We can see subtle changes in her speech on a daily basis, and she is doing better with all of the exercises she is doing.

I got there in the middle of PT, but we got to get in on the action again today. Her therapist taught us how to support Megan while she is walking, so that we can walk with her instead of needing a therapist or a nurse. I was pretty nervous at first, but Megan was able to tell me that I wasn't holding her tight enough and exactly where she needed more support. I got cleared, and so did my dad. So we can take her walking up and down the hallway throughout the day, so that she gets used to walking around more. She also worked on walking up a couple of stairs. There were about 4 of 5 stairs that Megan went up and down with her therapist there to support her right leg. She had an easier time going down the stairs than she did when she went up. It is difficult for her to push off her leg. They didn't do much work with the stairs because she worked a lot of walking with us helping her and was getting tired. Her PT has been working with her on taking off the wrap on her foot, and she is able to walk so much better than just a couple days ago. We noticed that her right leg starts to drag, or catch on the ground when she starts to get tired.

I missed OT, so I am not sure what went on in that today.

Megan had a nice afternoon and evening visiting with friends. We brought Megan her t-shirt...red looks pretty good on her!! :) Here are some of the pictures from today. (some of these are already on Facebook. so sorry for the repeats.

This is my dad helping Megan walk. They emphasized having our hands on her hips with more pressure on her right side. We are on her weaker side to provide as much support as we can. 

This is Megan working on the stairs with her PT. What you can't see here is that there are two other sides to this with different numbers of stairs with different heights. Megan is working on the smallest height, but did pretty well with them. 

Here she is, Megan herself, in her MeganSTRONG t-shirt. 

The cutest. Daddy, daughter pic.

Sissy's for life <3

Me, Megan, and Alex!

That's all for today. Will have another update in a day or two. Thanks in advance for those of you who will be attending the pub crawl tomorrow! Your support is very much appreciated.