Monday was a holiday so the kids and I got up and went to meet Josh for breakfast. He had to work a little while before he left for Chattanooga. After naptime, we packed a few things and went to West Point to stay at my Mom's house. I just don't like staying by myself. So call me a wimp. Ha ha..... One day maybe I will grow up. As I put Keelie to bed my Dad mentioned that she felt hot. Just GREAT (sarcastically). Keelie had a fever of 101.8. I gave her some ibuprofen and put her to bed hoping she didn't get worse through the night. Tuesday morning she woke up with a fever of 101.4. I guess this means no physical therapy or speech therapy. UGH!!!! I hate for her to miss. I decided to take her to the doctor. The doctor didn't see anything specific except that she had a slight ear infection. The doctor didn't think it was bad enough to be put on antibiotics but if it got worse she could start some. The doctor told me that Keelie could just tell me if her ear was bothering her. OK......that's a problem. I explained to the doctor that Keelie could not communicate to me that her ear was hurting. The only sign I would have is that she may pull on it, but I do not know how she would let me know that it was worse. And, Keelie has the low sensory so her pain tolerance is really high. So with that being said the doctor decided we should just go ahead and start the antibiotics. On the way home she fell asleep in the car. I put her down when I got home and she slept over 2 hours. We picked Cayden up and took her to dance. Keelie ate some chicken nuggets while we waited since she slept through lunch. I think she's feeling a little better even though she didn't act like she felt real bad. I could just tell she had a fever because she was real tired. After dance we went back to my Mom's house.
Keelie woke up in a great mood today. She had no fever and seemed to be feeling great. I called the OT and she said to come on at 9:00 for her occupational therapy session. She was very weak on some of the fine motor skills she tested last week. Today we worked on crossing midline and using a pincer grasp instead of raking to grab. She had a good session. She just has a ways to go. After OT we had speech therapy. It went well.. She most definitely has a ways to go. The speech therapist thinks Keelie will be in speech therapy til 3rd or 4th grade. WHEW....that's a long time. But whatever it takes we will do it. We have speech therapy for the last time of the week Friday morning at 8:30 am. I also talked to the physical therapist today. We will be going to Tupelo soon to get Keelie's braces for her ankles. After therapy we went home, ate lunch and took a nap. We went to get Cayden then back to West Point. Last night there. Thankfully Daddy comes home tomorrow. WooHoo...
I will try to not be so long in updating the blog. It seems to be too long when I wait. Thanks to all of you who keep up with Keelie.
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