T+4 Days
August 28th, 2008
Well its been four days since we arrived home and we’re mostly glad to be back here. I say mostly because we’re having a hard time adjusting to the local time and its ragweed season therefore all of us are suffering from allergies – really bad. Drew hasn’t been too great from it and is hot/always congested. We gave him children’s claritin but it hasn’t really done much to take the edge off.
We finally got an outside opinion on the progress Drew has made thusfar from family members and his speech therapist over the past few days. Drew is a lot more relaxed in both tone and his fingers and continues to make all the sounds that he learned while in China. His other therapists will be visiting later this week after not having seen him for five weeks.
Drew continues to show small improvements especially with being able to sit down for an extended period of time. Once we prop him up he can sit on the couch unsupported for about 4-5 minutes before he toppes over to one side. Before the treatments it was about 20-40 seconds before he would do this. As always, we will be looking out for more improvements over the next 3 to 6 months.
I also posted the last of the pictures I took while in China a few days ago. You can reach them here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mdricci
Mike
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Aunt Linda and Uncle Jim | August 28th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Keep on progressing, Drew. We love you. Great set of final pictures!
love,
Aunt Linda and Uncle Jim
2. Laurie | August 29th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
In the short period of time you’ve been back, I do see changes in Drew. His tone is much more relaxed, especially in his hands. He is able to sit more comfortably with less arching for longer periods of time. His vocabulary of sounds has increased. He has a great time entertaining us with them. Keep up the good work Drew! Love the pictures. It gives us great insight as to what you experienced over there. The people seem very caring and involved with the patients. Drew’s friend is so cute. It looks like they had a good time together. You all did an amazing job. You’re an inspiration to others. It’s great to have you all back!
Mom
3. Julie Pathammavong | August 30th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Hi guys..What a wonderful experiece you guys had..wow!! I’m soso happy to hear of Drew progress. I would love to see him sometime..Take care..Julie..catch up on some sleep!!
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