It’s been awhile since writing, and it’s been a good break for me. January was a nice break in our schedule, and we were home for most of the month. Due to health insurance changes, Josiah had to go through the pre-approval, evaluation and testing process again. Although I tried my best to stay on […]
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. […]
Master of Distraction
October 28, 2012 we finally moved out of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and into the regular pediatric floor! October 28, 2015 Josiah is home, sticking carrots up his nose. He doesn’t usually smile like this for pictures… When Josiah had his surgery, doctors weren’t sure how the tumor and stroke had affected his brain. We […]
Having some fun
With all of yesterday’s talk about therapy, I remembered back to a few weeks ago when we were visiting with family. Josiah began by showing everyone his “cartwheels.” (If you ask him, he’ll be happy to show you too – and even if you don’t ask, he’ll likely show you as well!) Josiah loves doing […]
Therapy
I love Fridays! And it’s not for the reason you think… Yes, I look forward to the weekend. Yes, it’s our lighter day of school. But most of all, Josiah has absolutely NO therapy on Friday. Josiah has had occupational and physical therapy since after his surgery. He had speech four or five times after […]
June 2015 Medical Update
We began the month of June with an MRI, which showed good results! Josiah continued with his OT/PT schedule, but was able to take a week off in order to spend time with his grandparents in Branson, followed by a short weekend family camping trip with some friends of ours. He loved both! He has […]
May 13, 2015
It is finally summer break! I’m not sure who is more excited – me or the kids. I can’t say that our summer is going to be any less busy than our school year, but it does mean no lesson plans or assignments to complete! Grace and Samuel have been in Branson with my parents […]
MRI-March 2015
Late night and early morning! I woke up with Josiah at 3:30 this morning to give Josiah his medicine and give him one last chance to eat and drink. He did eat, and thankfully was okay with going back to bed around 4. We were up again at 5:30 to get ready and be at […]
February 2015 Medical Update
We’ve had quite a bit happen already this month, so I’m updating a bit early! February 4th Josiah had a series of appointments. The nice thing was that we went into one exam room and stayed there and all the specialists came to us. He saw his rehabilitation doctor, an occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech […]
October 2014 Medical Update
I didn’t really have a reason to post a September medical update, since the only thing that happened was the MRI, which I had already written about. Time has also been an issue with getting some writing done. I was surprised at how challenging the months of September and beginning of October were for me. […]