it's all about the play

OK, we know we said we'd try a mid-day post today...to no avail, sorry! It was a busy day again on 6 West: PT - OT - speech - repeat, as well as a family meeting with the care team. As everyone has seen in the videos and photos, Georgia has made such gains in her motor skills. Less tangible via media are her gains in language as well. She has been tasked with working on verbs and pragmatics (use of language in social interactions) and in true Georgia style, she is wowing her speech pathologist as well as her parents! She is like a little sponge soaking up so much new information and then showing us how she can process and use it. Today she "mailed" letters, "rolled" balls, "pulled" the NP, "shopped" for groceries and "picked" flowers.

The other excitement from the day was going outside on the PT patio to play on the climber. We apparently would have done this sooner, but the patio had to be cleaned first...a mama pigeon and her babies had taken residence on the patio (it does have a mountain view!) and left behind lots of territory markings. Eeewww. Georgia has the best therapists in the world - seeing how much she loved the climber and the inside swing, they arranged to do a PT/OT field trip to a real playground tomorrow. Rest up little one, we have big playing to do in the morning! Thank you Beth, Terry, Megan and Kara for making this happen.

As for the family meeting - it was filled with wonderful news! Everyone raved about our little Georgia...both in her cuteness as well as how incredibly well she is doing with her recovery and all of her therapies. Terry the PT said she has never had such a self-motivated, rarely frustrated kid. Of course we beemed with pride :) The other good news was a plan for discharge. While they commented that they would love to have her stay for as long as possible because she is such a good patient, all agreed that we would be able to go home next week, as early as Wednesday (3 weeks post-op - really, has it been that long!?). We are opting to stay until Friday though, not for the hospital food and (un)comfy accomodations, but to get the extra therapy days and allow us time to set up her outpatient plan. Home will never feel so good, though, that's for sure.

And our video/photo montage to end with....another great day Georgia!

What's wrong with this picture?

Picking flowers with Gram (was this legal??)

Catch me Daddy!

Outdoor sliding - watch out for pigeon poop!

Let's go shopping

From yesterday...tough hill repeats