Medical update - 2/23 (Therapy)

This past Monday was Physical Therapy day.

Here is the rundown on all the Therapy:

Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy has to do with gross (big) motor skills. Things like moving your arms and legs, abdominal and upper body strength. When we go in for PT, the doc checks off and couple dozen items on her clipboard and measures range of motion for just about every joint you have.

Then she gets down on a floor mat and puts Annabelle in all sorts of position to see what she does. She will lay Annie on her side to see which way she rolls and how. She will sit her up to see if she can sit on her own. This past Monday she even put Annabelle in a push-up position to see how strong her upper body is.

After all this measuring and positioning and observing, the PT recommends a number of activities and exercises that we should do with Annabelle to make sure she is developing optimally.

Currently the concern with Annabelle is getting her to sit up on her own and helping to build her upper body strength. It sounds like we will be going to PT once a week from here on out (remember how I was saying our medical marathon is slowing down . . . . .?)

Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy has to do with fine (small) motor skills such as hands and fingers, eye movement and speech.

Our last OT appointment was last week and the doc did an eval, checked off all the items on her clipboard, and suggested that we see her every two months.

It sounds like Annabelle is right on track with all that sort of thing . . .

Infant Therapy
Infant therapy basically has to do with constructive playtime. The therapist comes out to the house for 45 min and observes Annabelle, checks her development and recommends different toys and games we can play with Annie that will help with development. My impression is that the Infant Therapy most closely resembles OT.

They offered to come to the house once a week but it was just too much with our schedules so we set up the IT for once every two weeks.

So there's that.

So our schedule from here to the end of March looks like:

2/24 - 3rd SSI Interview
3/2 - PT
3/6 - IT
3/9 - PT
3/9 - Pediatrician
3/14 - SBA Meeting
3/16 - PT
3/20 - IT
3/23 - PT

9 Medical appointments in the next 5 weeks (it would be 12 if we were doing IT every week) . . . We are so thankful that we have the opportunity to avail ourselves of all these wonderful services . . . so thankful . . . . and so tired . . . . so very tired . . .