Therapy, Therapy and more Therapy
What other people say about Veronika….Wednesday, January 5, 2011
What other People Say About Veronika Last year I came across a resource called “What I’d Like You to Know About Me” or “About Me” for short. I was offered to opportunity to create one
To google or not to google…Wednesday, January 12, 2011
To Google or not to Google…. To Google or not to Google?, That is the question…..Last October when we saw Veronika’s paediatrician, I asked if we could see a baby neurologist. I was shocked when
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Stop yelling at me! Another busy couple of weeks have passed. We are back to the normal 4-5 Doctor and allied health appointments a week, so there is still never a dull moment in the
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Maybe some answers tomorrow!?!? Tomorrow we are off to see Veronikas occupational therapist early in the afternoon, then after that we are off to see the pediatrician. Maybe we might get some answers about the
Friday, February 11, 2011
My Little Climber….. Miss Veronika has learnt to climb! She climbed onto the couch all by herself in late January. I was and still am one very HAPPY Mummy. I have to admit it was
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Back to the normal routine….. Well our boys Jordan 8 and Jakob 6, have been back at school for 2 weeks, which means that Veronika and I have gotten back into the swing of the
Sunday, February 20, 2011
My Little Project…. When your baby is 1 week old, and she has her 1st MRI and the results aren’t what you thought you would ever hear, let alone something you never want to hear……Veronika
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou….No really THANKYOU. Oh my goodness, What a week. What started our as my latest blog post, about my little project, to get Veronika a hydrotherapy spa, to give her every chance to
We are well and truly back into the swing of therapy, therapy, therapy. It’s fabulous that we live where we do, and that we have to opportunity to go to early intervention therapy…..but at the same time, it’s so much running around. More so in the school holidays, Veronika has 2 older brothers, and I find myself dropping one of the other off to the grandparents, so I don’t have to take them both to Veronika’s therapy sessions. When I am being charged $155/hour for her private therapy I kind of really want to be able to fully concentrate on what Veronika’s therapists are telling me.
Her OT was so super happy when we saw her this week. We have been using a pressure vest to help with her core stability, which in turn helping her left arm function a little better, because she isn’t having to work so hard at stabilizing her core. This all means that Veronika is sitting a lot ‘taller’, and standing a lot ‘taller’, because her muscles are supported, as well as she is getting much better function out of her left arm. We still have so much work to do, but it’s so encouraging to see how much difference something can make in conjunction with all the therapy we do at home too.
Veronika is loving trying to use her walking frame, and most of the time she is smiling and happy.
She is getting stronger all the time. Its fabulous to see. But the OT is now concerned about her left foot, even though she did say that legs aren’t her thing(its more of a physio thing). So she suggested I go and get some pressure shorts made, which I did this week. We are hoping that they will help stabilize her pelvis, so that her muscles arent working as hard to get her leg in a natural position, thus fingers crossed she will get better function out of her left leg.
Marcus picked Veronika’s pressure shorts up on his way home from work last night. She had them on for a little while, but I didn’t get a photo. And today was way to hot to put her into them. They have velcro down the sides so we can get them on/off easily.
So hopefully between the pressure vest and shorts, we will be seeing more progress…..oh and of course all the therapy, therapy, therapy we do too.
