Wednesday Night

Jordyn is finally sleeping. She had a hard time getting comfortable tonight. The doctors said she might get a bit more irritable with the steroids. That along with the added discomfort of being confined to a hospital bed made it a bit difficult to get to sleep.



Earlier today, Jordyn saw not only the physical therapist, but the occupational therapist as well. She was given crayons and a coloring book and asked to try coloring. We were pleased to see that Jordyn was able to do a connect-the-dots page with minimal difficulty. She had no trouble holding the crayon, and only a little trouble getting the crayon to go where she wanted it to go. She was also given putty to play with, which she enjoyed. Jordyn was able to pull it apart and stretch it out. After a little while, she got kind of frustrated with it--it got so stringy!

I am so happy to report that we have seen improvement in Jordyn today. She seemed to be much more alert when she was awake. She was able to focus on words that were in front of her and hold her eyes still longer. Also, she was able to walk to the bathroom, with much less support than yesterday. She seems a lot less shaky, and while still very off-balance, she is able to sit up and scoot across the bed, stand and walk to the bathroom, and pull her clothes up and down (with balance support from one of us). She still has a long way to go, but she is already making progress, and we couldn't be happier!

I would like to thank everyone who has come to visit us in the hospital, prepare and/or deliver food and care packages, and send cards. We all appreciated getting to eat real food. And Jordyn really liked reading the cards and looking at all the great pictures from her friends and classmates. She smiled so big and giggled a lot while looking at the cards--it was so good to see her so happy! Thank you again, and we hope that we can see you all soon.