Pretending to be a bug when taking a snack break! Josiah has started intensive therapy. Intensive = 45 hours of physical therapy, 40 hours of occupational therapy, and 20 hours of speech therapy in 20 days. It’s been a good week so far. Our weekend was full of late nights and early mornings, so he […]
Therapy, CP Clinic, and a New Leg Brace
The past two weeks have been very busy with appointments! Josiah even got a much needed haircut! Therapy Evaluations First, Josiah had speech and OT therapy evaluations completed. He did great with these and really hit it off with the new therapists. During the month of February he will be doing Intensive Therapy. Unfortunately, he’s […]
Nov 2017 – Jan 2018 Medical Update
MRI Josiah was scheduled to have an MRI in November. The morning of the MRI, Josiah woke up sick, so the appointment was cancelled. It has been rescheduled for next week, January 17th in the afternoon. Serial Casting Josiah did have some serial casting at the end of November. It went amazingly well! Josiah did […]
October 2017 Medical Update
Kindergarten Josiah’s been doing great in Kindergarten. He loves it and is learning lots! He’s even been going for a full day, although several times a week he’s asleep before we even leave the school parking lot! Most days we’re able to wake him when we get home. Other days, he sleeps until after supper. […]
New Leg Brace
Josiah’s new brace Josiah picked up his new leg brace back in June. His appointment was at 10:00, where they tried the brace on him, made marks where the brace needed to be cut and trimmed. We then had about 4 hours of time to kill in Columbia before we could go back and have […]
May 2017 Update
May 17, 2017 Preschool Graduation Last night, Josiah graduated from preschool. He is super excited to be a kindergartener! Graduation went wonderful, even with all the applause! I did have him wear his headphones, and they worked great. He was as happy as could be going up on stage to get his certificate, and then […]
Haircuts, Shoes, Drums and Therapy
It’s been a great week, and we’ve all enjoyed being outside with the nicer weather! Haircuts. On Monday the kids all got haircuts. The girls just had their hair trimmed and the boys had quite a bit cut – especially Josiah! Here’s their before and after pics! Shoes. It took about a week, but we […]
December 2015 Update
The year is almost over and we enjoyed spending time with family. Josiah’s MRI on December 2nd showed good results, and he doesn’t go back for an MRI until June. Josiah received Botox in his right arm and hand, which has been very helpful in loosening up the muscles, enabling better use of the arm. […]
This is now
The last several days of posts have been pretty informational, intense, and tear forming. I’m ready to lighten it up a bit, and go from “then” to “NOW.” This is Josiah now. He loves placing things on his head and walking around. Our other kids are always amazed that he can walk around without […]
Botox Progress # 2
It has been four months since Josiah’s Botox shots in his arm and hand. We noticed a big difference soon after, as he started wearing his arm/hand splints and brace, and was tolerating therapy a lot better. In that four months Josiah has made a ton of progress! He consistently uses his right hand to […]