When Veronika was admitted to Monash Childrens hospital for her hip rehab, I was asked if Veronika had sleep apnea(as apnea’s can often happen in children with Down syndrome). I said I wasn’t convinced Veronika did have sleep apnea but at the same time I wasn’t convinced she didn’t . So the plan was to…

Miss Veronika has started bowling on Friday afternoon with a couple of her friends. She was so excited this afternoons when I asked her if she would like to go bowling again today with Jack and Brandon, she said ‘yep’. Here Veronika was telling me there were 2 pins left after she bowled….. Happy Mumma…

3 and half months ago my amazing girl went into surgery…. I was told ‘realistically veronika would never walk again following surgery’ and to prepare myself for that. I always believed Veronika would walk again, and I let the surgeon know that day we had the conversation….I said ‘I was told when Veronika was a…

Mid April hip reconstruction, femur cut in half and rotated before being pinned, pelvis had bone cut out, reshaped and tilted 3 months in a spica(plaster cast) Just over 2 weeks of rehab and this…. My girl is AMAZING ‪#‎veronikawillwalkagain‬ ‪#‎hipreconstruction‬ ‪#‎spica‬ ‪#‎t21‬ ‪#‎cerebralpalsy‬‪#‎monashrehab‬ ‪#‎teamV‬ ‪#‎strongestgirliknow‬

Enjoying a ‘Veronika friendly icecream’ after working hard during the morning of therapy.#veronikawillwalkagain #hipreconstruction #rehab#t21 #cerebralpalsy #icecream     Visit to the Starlight Children’s Foundation Australiaroom for some fun in between this mornings sessions. A picture with a V for Veronika and a 7 for how old she is. Then a T to give my…

Back in mid April when Veronika had her hip reconstruction, the thought crossed my mind that she would have most of term 2 off school for recovery, and be well and truly back at school by term 3. We all know Veronika writes her own book, so throwing in a couple of complications following surgery…

Brave Miss Veronika had her spica off this morning and then went into a rhino brace. Her orthopaedic surgeon decided this could be done without an anaesthetic(which I was more than happy about) and he will come visit her this afternoon once he’s finished in theatre to check my girl. She’s now tucked up in…

Just over 12 weeks since Veronika had her hip reconstructed…..2 more days and her spica(plaster) comes off…..and I have a feeling then the hard work will really begin.   12th July, All settled in to fly to Melbourne, then to the The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne to get my spica off

10 weeks post surgery, 10 weeks in plaster….10 weeks and my girl is back to her cheeky self …amazing, resilient, strong, determined ‪#‎veronikawillwalkagain‬ ‪#‎cheekygirl‬ ‪#‎hipreconstruction‬ ‪#‎T21‬‪#‎cerebralpalsy‬