Back to Reality????

Yesterday was an extremely busy day.  I had to drop Cayden off at school then Keelie, Ryland and I went to Wendy's to eat a little breakfast.  We then had a few errands to run before I had to take Keelie to physical therapy.  We got to PT around 10:15 am and the staff was anxious to hear about our trip.  After they were all informed they were excited to get to work on Keelie.  Thank goodness.  The occupational therapist came in and talked with us and we are supposed to see her on Friday for an evaluation.  Then the physical therapist worked with us a little.  Keelie was just a little shy since she has not been in several weeks.  The PT also informed me that the SMO braces did not get through before December 31st.  UGH!!!!!  That means we will have to apply that towards our deductible.  That's OK but it sure would have been nice to have them paid for since Keelie was at 100%.  Oh well.  We still have to get them for her so we will just have to deal with it.  After PT we went to the speech pathologist's room.  We talked about the trip and had a lot to tell her about how Keelie is doing and what to expect from now til August.  She was so glad to have Keelie's reports and the article they wrote about Keelie's syndrome.  All three are very helpful because it is hard for me to remember everything myself.  I have referred to that article and reports several times.  After speech we met my Mom for lunch at Pepper's then we rushed home to get Cayden's dance clothes and headed back out to pick her up.  While Cayden was at dance I had a few more errands to run then I picked her up at 3:30.  Lastly, I had to return a pair of pants that were too big for Cayden then I finally got to go home.  It was a long day but productive day.

Right now Keelie will have physical therapy and speech therapy on Tuesdays, then speech again on Wednesdays and Occupational and speech on Fridays (maybe).  The Friday schedule may possibly change.  Not sure yet.  So my "stay at home Mom" status just got changed to "on the road Mom".  Ha ha.  BUT......that's OK.  I will do whatever it takes to take care of Keelie and her needs.  We are going to be busy but I couldn't be more thankful that we are able to get speech 3 times a week, OT and PT once a week.  Thanks to all of you who were helping us pray and thanks to all of you who pray for Keelie on a daily basis.  The next challenge will be to try to teach Keelie speech production.  And to remember we are not to teach her new consonants. 

Today's speech therapy went great.  We have a new speech pathologist so today we just got to know each other a little and let Keelie be around her with me in the room.  Next time will most likely be just the two of them.  Keelie did good.  She got a little tired towards the end so she got a little rowdy.  But overall she did good and the speech pathologist is excited and anxious to work with Keelie.

Thanks again for all the continued prayers and for following the blog.  Hope you all have a good day.