Veronika’s return to full time school v’s 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
Miss Veronika had a very busy week this week….this week was Veronika’s return to full time school as part of her transition back to school following her surgery way back in April. However Veronika also had 6 medical and therapy appointments booked during the week. Veronika did make it to 2 full days of school and 3 part days around her appointments.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking the last few weeks about Veronika’s therapy sessions as part of her rehab from surgery. I often worry because my girl had missed so much school this year for medical reasons, and now she well enough to go to school she is still missing school to go to her therapy appointments.
Does one unbalance the other….
My thoughts are my girl needs to be at school for her education and social skills, but she needs to go to therapy to be functional at school and our community. I know ‘education’ isn’t just between school hours….we do work at home too just like we do lots of therapy at home as well.
However what I do know is its a great feeling that your doing the right thing when we were about to leave Veronika’s Paed appointment earlier this week, and her Paed looks me in the eye and says ‘Veronika’s going really well, your doing a GREAT job with her’…..and I smiled and said ‘Thanks’….
I never doubted Veronika would walk again, I just never expected it to be so soon after coming out of plaster….my girl truly is amazing.
Yesterday at Veronika’s OT appointment, Veronika and her therapist spent some time learning to write ‘Mum’ and then with her OT’s help Veronika drew a picture of me and wrote Mum….
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